Provisions
V.5 of 1847 • Commissioners of land office and canal fund.
APPROVED
The Text
The lieutenant governor, speaker of the assembly, secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, attorney-general, and state engineer and surveyor shall be the commissioners of the land office.
The lieutenant governor, secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, and attorney general shall be the commissioners of the canal fund.
The canal board shall consist of the commissioners of the canal fund, the state engineer and surveyor, and the canal commissioners.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article V:
• Has 66 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Is a new addition
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