Provisions
IV.8 proposed for 1916 • Compensation of Lieutenant-Governor.
REJECTED
The Text
The lieutenant-governor shall receive for his services an annual salary of five thousand dollars, and shall not receive or be entitled to any other compensation, fee or perquisite, for any duty or service he may be required to perform by the constitution or by law.
A Few Facts
• Has 45 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article IV: Executive
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-IV.8
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