Provisions
III.19 proposed for 1870 • Removal of officers.
REJECTED
The Text
Provision shall be made by law for the removal, for misconduct in office, of all officers, except judicial, whose powers and duties are not local or legislative, and who shall be elected at general elections, and also for filling vacancies caused by such removal.
A Few Facts
• Has 44 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 III:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-X.7
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