Provisions
IX of 1777 • Powers of assembly.
APPROVED
The Text
That the assembly thus constituted shall choose their own speaker, be judges of their own members, and enjoy the same privileges, and proceed in doing business, in like manner as the assemblies of the colony of New York of right formerly did; and that a majority of the said members shall, from time to time, constitute a house to proceed upon business.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1777
• In Article IX:
• Has 62 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Was adopted without a vote
• Is a new addition
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