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Provisions

VIII.15 proposed for 1870 • Uniform property tax and assessment.

REJECTED

The Text

Real and personal property shall be subject to a uniform rule of assessment and taxation.


A Few Facts

• Has 15 words

• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 3 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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