Provisions
VI.26 of 1870 • Special sessions.
APPROVED
The Text
Courts of special sessions shall have such jurisdiction of offences of the grade of misdemeanors as may be prescribed by law.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• In Article VI:
• Has 21 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.14
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