Provisions
XI.6 of 1847 • Method of choosing militia officers may be changed.
APPROVED
The Text
In case the mode of election and appointment of militia officers hereby directed shall not be found conducive to the improvement of the militia the legislature may abolish the same and provide by law for their appointment and removal, if two thirds of the members present in each house shall concur therein.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article XI:
• Has 52 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-IV.5
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