Provisions
VII.7 proposed for 1870 • Cities and villages.
REJECTED
The Text
Nothing in this article shall affect the power of the Legislature over quarantine, or in regard to the port of New York, or the interest of the State, in the lands under water and within the jurisdiction or boundaries of any city, or to regulate the wharves, piers or slips in any city.
A Few Facts
• Has 53 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 VII:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-VIII.9
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