Provisions
VI.9 of 1847 • Legislature to classify judges and fix terms of court.
APPROVED
The Text
The classification of the justices of the supreme court, the times and place of holding the terms of the court of appeals, and of the general and special terms of the supreme court, within the several districts, and the circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer, within the several counties, shall be provided for by law.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article VI:
• Has 57 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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