Ballot Questions
1869
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change the whole NYS constitution, except for certain provisions with separate ballot questions - as proposed by the 1867 NY constitutional convention
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
43.53% |
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223,935 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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56.47% |
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290,456 New Yorkers voted No |
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514,391 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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Note: When voters approved of provisions, the new changes take effect on January 1st of the year after the question's appearance on the ballot
VIII.2 proposed for 1870
• Section 2: Canal appropriations; state debts.
In each fiscal year, commencing on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, after paying the expenses of collection, superintendence and ordinary repair, there shall be set apart and paid into the canal debt sinking fund, out of the revenues of the canals, the sum of two millions, four hundred and eighteen thousand dollars, to pay…
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• Section 3: Canal revenues.
After the debts specified in section one are paid or provided for, according to the provisions of section two, the revenues of the canals, after paying the expenses of collection, superintendence and ordinary repair, shall in each fiscal year be paid into the treasury of the State, to pay the amount advanced since one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, for…
Read moreVIII.4 proposed for 1870
• Section 4: Canal revenues.
After complying with the provisions of the second and third sections of this article, and after paying said expenses of collection, superintendence, and ordinary repairs, the surplus revenues of the canals may, in each fiscal year, be disposed of for the improvement of the canals, or for such other purposes as the Legislature may direct, but shall at no time…
Read moreVIII.5 proposed for 1870
• Section 5: Enforcement of state claims against corporations.
The claims of the State against any incorporated company, to pay the interest and redeem the principal of the stock of the State, loaned or advanced to such company, shall be enforced, and not released or compromised; and the moneys arising from such claims shall be applied to the payment of said stock, or to repay the money which may…
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• Section 6: Canals not to be disposed of.
The canals shall not be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of, and shall remain under the management of the State forever.
Read moreVIII.7 proposed for 1870
• Section 7: State moneys not to be expended without appropriation.
No moneys shall be paid out of the treasury of the State, or funds under its management, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law, nor unless such payment be made within two years after the passage of such appropriation ; and every law making, continuing, or reviving an appropriation, shall specify the sum appropriated, and the objects to which…
Read moreVIII.8 proposed for 1870
• Section 8: No state aid to individuals or corporations; Three-fifths bills.
The credit of the State shall not be given or loaned to, or in aid of any individual, corporation or association. On the final passage in each house of the Legislature, of any act appropriating money or property, except for the purposes of government, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays, which shall be entered on the journal,…
Read moreVIII.9 proposed for 1870
• Section 9: When state may contract debt
The State may, to meet casual deficits or failures in revenues, or for unexpected expenses not provided tor, temporarily contract debts ; but such debts, direct and contingent, singly or in the aggregate, shall not at any time exceed one million of dollars; and the moneys arising from the loans creating such debts shall be applied to the purposes for…
Read moreVIII.10 proposed for 1870
• Section 10: Debts for state defense.
The State may also contract debts to repel invasion of the State or of the United States, to suppress insurrection in the State or the United States, or to defend the State or the United States in war; but the money so raised shall be applied to such purpose or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose.
Read moreVIII.11 proposed for 1870
• Section 11: How other debts authorized.
Except the debts specified in the ninth and tenth sections of this article, no debt shall be contracted by or on behalf of the State, unless it shall be authorized by law for some single work or object to be specified therein ; and such law shall provide for a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such…
Read moreVIII.12 proposed for 1870
• Section 12: Tax law to state amount and object of tax.
Every law which imposes, continues, or revives a tax, shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object.
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• Section 13: Limits on deficiency loans.
No deficiency loan shall be made for a longer period than is necessary to enable the sinking fund, provided for its payment, to accumulate an amount sufficient to discharge it ; and in no case shall such loan be made for more than six years.
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• Section 14: Use of treasury money.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law, and on the warrant of the comptroller ; and all bonds, stocks and other securities issued by the State shall be signed by the comptroller on behalf of the State.
Read moreVIII.16 proposed for 1870
• Section 16: Bounty debt.
The comptroller is authorized to renew the bounty debt or any part thereof, by extending the time of its payment to the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and to issue stock for that purpose, which lie may apply in exchange for the outstanding stock, or sell ; and in case of sale, the proceeds thereof…
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• Section 17: State not to invest in corporations.
The State shall not subscribe for, purchase or in any way own, except by bequest, shares or stock, in any company or corporation, nor invest any portion or its funds in the same.
Read moreVIII.18 proposed for 1870
• Section 18: Salt springs not to be disposed of.
The Legislature shall never sell or dispose of the salt springs. The lands of the State adjacent thereto may be sold by authority of law, and under the direction of the commissioners of the land office, for the purpose of investing the moneys arising therefrom in other lands convenient for the manufacture of salt ; but by such sale and…
Read moreIX.1 proposed for 1870
• Section 1: Education funds preserved; how applied.
The capital of the common school fund ; the capital of the literature fund; the capital of the United States deposit fund ; the capital of the college land-scrip fund ; and the capital of the Cornell endowment fund, as it shall be paid into the treasury, shall each be preserved inviolate. The revenues of the common school fund shall…
Read moreIX.2 proposed for 1870
• Section 2: Free education.
The Legislature shall provide for the free instruction, in the common schools of this State, of all persons between seven and twenty years of age.
Read moreX.1 proposed for 1870
• Section 1: Corporations, how formed.
Corporations may be formed under general laws. They shall not be created nor their powers increased or diminished by special act, except for municipal, literary, scientific, charitable or benevolent purposes. All such laws may be altered or repealed. The Legislature shall not authorize the consolidation of railroad corporations owning parallel or competing lines of road.
Read moreX.2 proposed for 1870
• Section 2: Dues from corporations, how secured.
Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the corporators, and other means, as may be prescribed by law.
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