Provisions
I.13 proposed for 1916 • Leases of agricultural lands limited.
REJECTED
The Text
No lease or grant of agricultural land, for a longer period than twelve years, hereafter made, in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.
A Few Facts
• Has 31 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article I: Civil rights
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-I.13
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