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Provisions

IV.7 of 1847 • Qualifications of lieutenant governor; when president pro tem. to act as governor.

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The Text

The lieutenant governor shall possess the same qualifications of eligibility for office as the governor. He shall be president of the senate, but shall have only a casting vote therein. If, during a vacancy of the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or he be absent from the state, the president of the senate shall act as governor until the vacancy be filled, or the disability shall cease.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1847

• In Article IV:

• Has 84 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:
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