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Provisions

I.9 of 1895 • Right of petition.

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The Text

No law shall be passed abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government, or any department thereof; nor shall any divorce be granted otherwise than by due judicial proceedings; nor shall any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets, poolselling, bookmaking, or any other kind of gambling hereafter be authorized or allowed within this State; and the Legislature shall pass appropriate laws to prevent offenses against any of the provisions of this section.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1895

• In Article I: Bill Of Rights

• Has 79 words

• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894

• Changed the text of a previously existing provision

• Amends or builds on:
1847-I.10

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