Ballot Questions
1874
Question #3
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.17, III.18, III.19, III.20, III.21, III.22, III.23, III.24, III.25 - to refine the lawmaking process and prohibit the legislature from making certain kinds of laws
as proposed by the NYS Legislature, based on a state commission's recommendation
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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81.62% |
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435,313 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
18.38% |
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98,050 New Yorkers voted No |
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533,363 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
III.17 proposed for 1875
• Section 17: Existing laws not applicable by reference.
No act shall be passed which shall provide that any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be made or deemed a part of said act, or which shall enact that any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be applicable, except by inserting it in such act.
Read moreIII.18 proposed for 1875
• Section 18: Private and local bills limited; street railroads.
The Legislature shall not pass a private or local bill in any of the following cases : Changing the names of persons. Laying out, opening, altering, working or discontinuing roads, highways or alleys, or for draining swamps or other low lands. Locating or changing county seats. Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases. Incorporating villages. Providing for…
Read moreIII.19 proposed for 1875
• Section 19: Private claims not to be audited by legislature.
The Legislature shall neither audit nor allow any private claim or account against the State, but may appropriate money to pay such claims as shall have been audited and allowed according to law.
Read moreIII.20 proposed for 1875
• Section 20: 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.
Read moreIII.21 proposed for 1875
• Section 21: Three-fifths bills.
On the final passage, in either house of the Legislature, of any act which imposes, continues or revives a tax, or creates a debt or charge, or makes, continues or revives any appropriation of public or trust money or property, or releases, discharges or commutes any claim or demand of the State, the question shall be taken by yeas and…
Read moreIII.22 proposed for 1875
• Section 22: Boards of supervisors.
There shall be in the several counties, except in cities whose boundaries are the same as those of the county, a board of supervisors, to be composed of such members, and elected in such manner, and for such period, as is or may be provided by law. In any such city the duties and powers of a board of supervisors…
Read moreIII.23 proposed for 1875
• Section 23: Powers of boards of supervisors.
The Legislature shall, by general laws, confer upon the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the State such further powers of local legislation and administration as the legislature may from time to time deem expedient.
Read moreIII.24 proposed for 1875
• Section 24: Extra compensation prohibited.
The Legislature shall not, nor shall the common council of any city nor any board of supervisors, grant any extra compensation to any public ofiicer, servant, agent or contractor.
Read moreIII.25 proposed for 1875
• Section 25: Statutory revision commission bills excepted from §§ 17 and 18.
Sections seventeen and eighteen of this article shall not apply to any bill, or the amendments to any bill, which shall be reported to the Legislature by Commissioners who have been appointed pursuant to law to revise the Statutes.
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