Ballot Questions
1854
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.3 - to allow the legislature to use $2.25 million for canal improvements over the next 4 years, and require that contractors selected for canal work or materials gives the lowest bid and security for their work
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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75.43% |
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185,771 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
24.57% |
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60,526 New Yorkers voted No |
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246,297 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VII.3 proposed for 1854
• Section 3: Canal revenues.
After paying the said expenses of collection, superintendence and repairs of the canals, and the sums appropriated by the first and second sections of this article, there shall be appropriated and set apart in each fiscal year, out of the surplus revenues of the canals, as a sinking fund, a sum sufficient to pay the interest as it falls due,…
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