Provisions
Preamble proposed for 1870 • Preamble.
REJECTED
The Text
We, the people of the state of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, do establish this constitution.
A Few Facts
• Has 26 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 Preamble:
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-Preamble
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