Provisions
VI.6 of 1895 • Abolition of Circuit Courts and Oyer and Terminer.
APPROVED
The Text
Circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer are abolished from and after the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. All their jurisdiction shall thereupon be vested in the supreme court, and all actions and proceedings then pending in such courts shall be transferred to the supreme court for hearing and determination. Any justice of the supreme court, except as otherwise provided in this article, may hold court in any county.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article VI: Judiciary
• Has 75 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1870-VI.7
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