Provisions
X.3 proposed for 1870 • Corporation defined.
REJECTED
The Text
The term corporation, as used in this article, shall be construed to inelude all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the privileges or powers of corporations, not possessed by partnerships or individuals. Corporations shall have the right to sue and may be sued in all courts by their corporate names.
A Few Facts
• Has 51 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 X:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-VIII.3
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