Provisions
VI.7 proposed for 1916 • Commissioners of the Canal Board.
REJECTED
The Text
The lieutenant-governor, speaker of the assembly, secretary of state, attorney-general, comptroller, treasurer and superintendent of public works shall constitute the canal board and be the commissioners of the land office and the commissioners of the canal fund.
A Few Facts
• Has 37 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 VI: State Departments
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-V.5
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