Provisions
VIII.6 of 1847 • Registry of bills and notes.
APPROVED
The Text
The legislature shall provide by law for the registry of all bills or notes issued or put in circulation as money, and shall require ample security for the redemption of the same in specie.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article VIII:
• Has 34 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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