Provisions
VIII.26 proposed for 1916 • Local judicial officers.
REJECTED
The Text
Justices of the peace and other local judicial officers provided for in sections nineteen and twenty-two, in office when this article takes effect, shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms.
A Few Facts
• Has 34 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 VIII: Judiciary
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-VI.22
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