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Provisions

IV.1 of 1938 • Executive power, how vested.

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The Text

The executive power shall be vested in the governor, who shall hold his office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieutenant-governor chosen at the general election in nineteen hundred and thirty-six shall hold office until and including the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight. Their successors shall be chosen at the general election held in that year and each fourth year thereafter.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1938

• In Article IV: Executive

• Has 78 words

• Was proposed by the Legislature

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1937

• Changed the text of a previously existing provision

• Amends or builds on:
1895-IV.1

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