Provisions
III.9 proposed for 1870 • Journals; public sessions; adjournments.
REJECTED
The Text
Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days.
A Few Facts
• Has 52 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 III:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-III.11
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