Provisions
X.1 proposed for 1916 • Power of taxation.
REJECTED
The Text
The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away, except as to the securities of the state or a civil division thereof. Hereafter no exemption from taxation shall be granted except by general laws and upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
A Few Facts
• Has 52 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 6 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article X: Taxation
• Been a new addition
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