Provisions
XI.4 of 1895 • Officers to be appointed by the Governor.
APPROVED
The Text
The Governor shall appoint the chiefs of the several staff departments, his aides-de-camp and military secretary, all of whom shall hold office during his pleasure, their commissions to expire with the term for which the Governor shall have been elected; he shall also nominate, and with the consent of the senate appoint, all major generals.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article XI: Militia
• Has 55 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-XI.3
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