Provisions
IV.6 proposed for 1870 • Governor convening legislature.
REJECTED
The Text
The governor may convene the Senate on extraordinary occasions, and may call special sessions of the Legislature by proclamation, in which shall be stated the particular object or objects for which they are called ; and no laws shall be enacted at any special session except such as shall relate to the objects stated in the proclamation.
A Few Facts
• Has 57 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:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-IV.4
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