Provisions
I.14 proposed for 1870 • Leases of agricultural lands limited.
REJECTED
The Text
No lease or grant of agricultural land hereafter made for a longer period than twenty years, in which is reserved any rent or service, shall be valid.
A Few Facts
• Has 27 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:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-I.14
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