Provisions
VIII.18 proposed for 1870 • Salt springs not to be disposed of.
REJECTED
The Text
The Legislature shall never sell or dispose of the salt springs. The lands of the State adjacent thereto may be sold by authority of law, and under the direction of the commissioners of the land office, for the purpose of investing the moneys arising therefrom in other lands convenient for the manufacture of salt ; but by such sale and purchase the aggregate quantity of such lands shall not be diminished.
A Few Facts
• Has 71 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:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-VII.7
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