Ballot Questions
1869
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VI.1, VI.2, VI.3, VI.4, VI.5, VI.6, VI.7, VI.8, VI.9, VI.10, VI.11, VI.12, VI.13, VI.14, VI.15, VI.16, VI.17, VI.18, VI.19, VI.20, VI.21, VI.22, VI.23, VI.24, VI.25, VI.26, VI.27 - to reorganize the judiciary
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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50.70% |
247,240 New Yorkers voted Yes |
NO |
49.30% |
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240,442 New Yorkers voted No |
487,682 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
VI.21 proposed for 1870
• Section 21: Fees to judicial officers prohibited.
No judicial officer, except justices of the peace, shall receive to his own use any fees or perquisites of office ; nor shall any judge of the court of appeals, justice of the supreme court, or judge of a court of record in the cities of New York, Brooklyn or Buffalo, practice as an attorney or counsellor in any court…
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• Section 22: Judgments of inferior courts may be removed to court of appeals.
The Legislature may authorize the judgments, decrees and decisions of any court of record of original civil jurisdiction, established in a city, to be removed for review, directly into the court of appeals.
Read moreVI.23 proposed for 1870
• Section 23: Publication of statutes; supreme court reporters.
The Legislature shall provide for the speedy publication of all statutes, and also for the appointment by justices of the supreme court designated to hold general terms, of a reporter of the decisions of that court. All laws and judicial decisions shall be free for publication by any person.
Read moreVI.24 proposed for 1870
• Section 24: First election of judges.
The first election of judges of the court of appeals, and of the three additional judges of the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York, shall take place on such day, between the first Tuesday of April and the second Tuesday in June, next after the adoption of this article, as may be provided by…
Read moreVI.25 proposed for 1870
• Section 25: Certain officers to continue until expiration of term.
Surrogates, justices of the peace, and local judicial officers provided for in section sixteen, in office when this article shall take effect, shall hold their respective offices until the expiration of their terms.
Read moreVI.26 proposed for 1870
• Section 26: Special sessions.
Courts of special sessions shall have such jurisdiction of offences of the grade of misdemeanors as may be prescribed by law.
Read moreVI.27 proposed for 1870
• Section 27: Surrogates courts for probate.
For the relief of surrogates’ courts, the Legislature surrogates’ may confer upon courts or record, in any county having a population exceeding four hundred thousand, the powers and jurisdiction of surrogates, with authority to try issues of fact by jury, in probate cases.
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