Provisions
VII.11 of 1847 • Debts for state defense.
APPROVED
The Text
In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the state may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the state in war; but the money arising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied for the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article VII:
• Has 58 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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