Provisions
VI.27 of 1870 • Surrogates courts for probate.
APPROVED
The Text
For the relief of surrogates’ courts, the Legislature surrogates’ may confer upon courts or record, in any county having a population exceeding four hundred thousand, the powers and jurisdiction of surrogates, with authority to try issues of fact by jury, in probate cases.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• In Article VI:
• Has 43 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 2 of 1869
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1847-VI.14
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