Provisions
XVIII.1 proposed for 1916 • When Constitution goes into operation.
REJECTED
The Text
This constitution shall be in force from and including the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, except as herein otherwise provided.
A Few Facts
• Has 25 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 XVIII: Time of taking effect
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-XV.1
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