Provisions
XII.4 of 1939 • Governor to appoint adjutant-general and major-generals.
APPROVED
The Text
The governor shall appoint the adjutant-general; he shall also nominate, and with the consent of the senate appoint, all major-generals.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article XII: Military
• Has 20 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-XI.4
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