Provisions
XI.3 of 1939 • Common school, literature and the United States deposit funds.
APPROVED
The Text
The capital of the common school fund, the capital of the literature fund, and the capital of the United States deposit fund shall be respectively preserved inviolate and the revenue of the said funds shall be applied to the support of common schools and libraries.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article XI: Education
• Has 45 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-IX.3
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