Provisions
XIV.2 of 1847 • First election of governor and lieutenant governor.
APPROVED
The Text
The first election of governor and lieutenant governor, under this Constitution, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; and the governor and lieutenant governor in office when this Constitution shall take effect, shall hold their respective offices until and including the thirty-first day of December of that year.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article XIV:
• Has 59 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Is a new addition
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-III.3
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