Provisions
XI.3 proposed for 1870 • Governor may remove prison managers.
REJECTED
The Text
The governor may remove the managers of prisons for misconduct or neglect of duty, after opportunity to be heard, upon written charges.
A Few Facts
• Has 22 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 XI:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-V.4
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