Provisions
I.12 proposed for 1870 • Feudal tenures abolished.
REJECTED
The Text
All feudal tenures of every description, with all their incidents, are declared to be abolished ; saving, however, all rents and services certain which at any time heretofore have been lawfully created or reserved.
A Few Facts
• Has 34 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article I:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-I.12
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