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Provisions

III.7 of 1895 • No member to receive an appointment.

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The Text

No member of the Legislature shall receive any civil appointment within this State, or the Senate of the United States, from the Governor, the Governor and senate, or from the Legislature, or from any city government, during the time for which he shall have been elected; and all such appointments and all votes given for any such member for any such office or appointment shall be void.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1895

• In Article III: The Legislature

• Has 67 words

• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894

• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision

• Amends or builds on:
1875-III.7

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