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Provisions

I.9 of 1940 • Right to assemble and petition; divorce; lotteries; pool-selling and gambling; laws to prevent.

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The Text

No law shall be passed abridging the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government, or any department thereof; nor shall any divorce be granted otherwise than by due judicial proceedings; nor shall any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets, pool-selling, book-making, or any other kind of gambling, except pari-mutuel betting on horse races as may be prescribed by the legislature and from which the state shall derive a reasonable revenue for the support of government, shall hereafter be authorized or allowed within this state; and the legislature shall pass appropriate laws to prevent offenses against any of the provisions of this section.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1940

• In Article I: Bill Of Rights

• Has 108 words

• Was proposed by the Legislature

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1939

• Changed the text of a previously existing provision

• Amends or builds on:
1939-I.9

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