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Provisions

VIII.13 proposed for 1870 • Limits on deficiency loans.

REJECTED

The Text

No deficiency loan shall be made for a longer period than is necessary to enable the sinking fund, provided for its payment, to accumulate an amount sufficient to discharge it ; and in no case shall such loan be made for more than six years.


A Few Facts

• Has 45 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 VIII:

• Been a new addition

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