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Provisions

VI.7 of 1895 • Court of Appeals.

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The Text

The court of appeals is continued. It shall consist of the chief judge and associate judges now in office, who shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms, and their successors, who shall be chosen by the electors of the State. The official terms of the chief judge and associate judges shall be fourteen years from and including the first day of January next after their election. Five members of the court shall form a quorum, and the concurrence of four shall be necessary to a decision. The court shall have power to appoint and to remove its reporter, clerk, and attendants.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1895

• In Article VI: Judiciary

• Has 105 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:
1870-VI.2

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