Provisions
IX.10 of 1939 • Extra compensation prohibited.
APPROVED
The Text
The legislature shall not, nor shall the common council of any city, nor any board of supervisors, grant any extra compensation to any public officer, servant, agent or contractor.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article IX: Local Governments
• Has 29 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-III.28
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