Provisions
VIII.12 proposed for 1870 • Tax law to state amount and object of tax.
REJECTED
The Text
Every law which imposes, continues, or revives a tax, shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object.
A Few Facts
• Has 42 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 VIII:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-VII.13
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