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Provisions

I.18 proposed for 1870 • Indian lands.

REJECTED

The Text

No purchase of lands, or contract for the sale thereof, made since the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, or which may hereafter be made, of or with the Indians, shall be valid, unless made under the authority and with the consent of the Legislature.


A Few Facts

• Has 49 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.16


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