Provisions
VI.20 of 1870 • Clerk of court of appeals; clerks of supreme court.
APPROVED
The Text
Clerks of the several counties shall be clerks of the supreme court, with such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by law. The clerk of the court of appeals shall keep his office at the seat of government. His compensation shall be fixed by law and paid out of the public treasury.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• In Article VI:
• Has 53 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.19
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