Provisions
IV.1 proposed for 1870 • Governor and lieutenant governor; term of office.
REJECTED
The Text
The executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for two years ; a lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the same time and for the same term.
A Few Facts
• Has 32 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 IV:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-IV.1
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