Provisions
I.11 of 1895 • Feudal tenures abolished.
APPROVED
The Text
All feudal tenures of every description, with all their incidents, are declared to be abolished, saving, however, all rents and services certain which at any time heretofore have been lawfully created or reserved.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article I: Bill Of Rights
• Has 33 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1847-I.12
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