Provisions
I.10 of 1939 • Ownership of lands; allodial tenures; escheats.
APPROVED
The Text
The people of the state, in their right of sovereignty, possess the original and ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the state. All lands shall forever remain allodial so that the entire and absolute property is vested in the owners, according to the nature of their respective estates. All lands the title of which shall fail, from a defect of heirs, shall revert, or escheat to the people.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article I: Bill Of Rights
• Has 73 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-I.10
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