Provisions
VI.10 of 1870 • Judges not to hold any other office.
APPROVED
The Text
The judges of the court of appeals, and the justices of the supreme court, shall not hold any other office of public trust. All votes for any of them, for any other than a judicial office, given by the Legislature or the people, shall be void.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• In Article VI:
• Has 46 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 2 of 1869
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1847-VI.8
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