Provisions
I.18 proposed for 1870 • Indian lands.
REJECTED
The Text
No purchase of lands, or contract for the sale thereof, made since the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, or which may hereafter be made, of or with the Indians, shall be valid, unless made under the authority and with the consent of the Legislature.
A Few Facts
• Has 49 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:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-I.16
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