Ballot Questions
1915
Question #4
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 1915 NY constitutional convention
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
30.55% |
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400,423 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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69.45% |
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910,462 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,310,885 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
V.1 proposed for 1916
Article V: Appropriations and Budget • Section 1: Budget process for state departments.
On or before the fifteenth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and in each year thereafter the head of each department of the state government except the legislature and judiciary, shall submit to the governor itemized estimates of appropriations to meet the financial needs of such department, including a statement in detail of all…
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 1: Civil departments of state government.
There shall be the following civil departments in the state government: (1) law, (2) finance, (3) accounts, (4) treasury, (5) taxation, (6) state, (7) public works, (8) health, (9) agriculture, (10) charities and corrections, (11) banking, (12) insurance, (13) labor and industry, (14) education, (15) public utilities, (16) conservation and (17) civil service.
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 2: Heads of civil departments of state government.
(1) The head of the department of law shall be the attorney-general. He shall be elected at the same time and for the same term as the governor. (2) The head of the department of finance shall be the comptroller. He shall be elected at the same time and for the same term as the governor. Excepting the powers of…
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 3: Legislature to provide for assignment of duties of civil departments.
At the session immediately following the adoption of this constitution, the legislature shall provide by law for the appropriate assignment, to take effect not earlier than the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, of all the civil administrative and executive functions of the state government, except those of assistants in the office of the governor, to…
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 4: Department heads appointed and may be removed by governor.
The heads of all the departments and the members of all commissions unless otherwise provided in this constitution shall be appointed by the governor and may be removed by him in his discretion.
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 5: Removal and vacancies of heads of departments.
The attorney-general and comptroller may be removed from office by impeachment in the same manner as the governor. A vacancy in the office of attorney-general or of comptroller shall be filled for the remainder of the term at the next general election happening not less than three months after such vacancy occurs. Until the vacancy be so filled by election,…
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 6: Removal and vacancies of attorney general and comptroller.
All appointed heads of departments shall be subject to impeachment in the same manner as the governor or they may be removed by the senate by vote of two-thirds of all the members elected thereto. A vacancy occurring in a board or commission appointed by and with the advice and consent of the senate for a fixed term shall be…
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 7: Commissioners of the Canal Board.
The lieutenant-governor, speaker of the assembly, secretary of state, attorney-general, comptroller, treasurer and superintendent of public works shall constitute the canal board and be the commissioners of the land office and the commissioners of the canal fund.
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Article VI: State Departments • Section 8: Exception for military and navy.
This article shall not apply to the military or naval affairs or forces nor to property from time to time devoted to military or naval purposes.
Read moreVII.1 proposed for 1916
Article VII: Conservation • Section 1: Heads of department of conservation.
The department of conservation shall consist of nine commissioners to serve without compensation and to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate for terms which shall expire in nine successive years, the first ending on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and their successors shall be appointed…
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Article VII: Conservation • Section 2: Forest preserve.
The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the trees and timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. The department is, however,…
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Article VII: Conservation • Section 3: Lands of the forest preserve.
The legislature may by general laws provide for the use of not exceeding three per centum of such lands for the construction and maintenance of reservoirs for municipal water supply, for the canals of the state and to regulate the flow of streams. Such reservoirs shall be constructed, owned and controlled by the state, but such work shall not be…
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Article VII: Conservation • Section 4: New York City's municipal water supply.
The legislature may authorize the use by the city of New York for its municipal water supply of lands now belonging to the state located in the towns of Hurley and Shandaken in the county of Ulster and in the town of Lexington in the county of Greene, for just compensation.
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Article VII: Conservation • Section 5: State purchase of land in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
The legislature shall annually make provision for the purchase of real property within the Adirondack and Catskill parks as defined by law, the reforestation of lands and the making of boundary and valuation surveys.
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Article VII: Conservation • Section 6: Right of people to sue.
A violation of any of the provisions of this article may be restrained at the suit of the people or, with the consent of the supreme court in appellate division, on notice to the attorney-general at the suit of any citizen.
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Article VIII: Judiciary • Section 1: Supreme Court ; how constituted ; judicial districts.
The supreme court is continued with general jurisdiction in law and equity, subject to such appellate jurisdiction of the court of appeals as now is or may be prescribed by law not inconsistent with this article. The existing judicial districts of the state are continued until changed as hereinafter provided. The supreme court shall consist of the justices in office…
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Article VIII: Judiciary • Section 2: Judicial departments; appellate division, how constituted; Governor to designate justices; reporter; time and place of holding; courts.
The present division of the state into four judicial departments is continued. Once every ten years the legislature may alter the judicial departments, but without increasing the number thereof. They shall be bounded by county lines, and be compact and equal in population as nearly as may be. The appellate divisions of the supreme court are continued and shall consist…
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Article VIII: Judiciary • Section 3: Appellate term of supreme court.
There shall be an appellate term of the supreme court in the first and in the second department consisting of not less than three nor more than five justices of the supreme court to be designated annually by the appellate division of the supreme court in such departments respectively. Such appellate divisions respectively may designate justices to sit in the…
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Article VIII: Judiciary • Section 4: Judges not to sit in review of certain cases.
No judge or justice shall sit in the appellate term, appellate division or in the court of appeals in review of a decision made by him or by any court of which he was at the time a sitting member. The testimony in equity cases shall be taken in like manner as in cases at law; and, except as herein…
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Article VIII: Judiciary • Section 5: Terms of office.
The official terms of the justices of the supreme court shall be fourteen years from and including the first day of January next after their election. When a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term in the office of justice of the supreme court, the same shall be filled for a full term, at the next general election,…
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