Provisions
IV.1 of 1847 • Governor and lieutenant governor; term of office.
APPROVED
The Text
The executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for two years; a lieutenant governor shall be chosen at the same time and for the same term.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article IV:
• Has 32 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-III.1
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