Provisions
I.11 proposed for 1870 • Sovereignty in real property; escheats.
REJECTED
The Text
The people of this State, in their right of sovereignty, are deemed to possess the original and ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State ; and all lands, the title to which shall fail from a defect of heirs, shall revert or escheat to the people.
A Few Facts
• Has 52 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article I:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-I.11
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