Provisions
IX.2 proposed for 1916 • Power to contract debts.
REJECTED
The Text
The state may contract debts in anticipation of the receipt of taxes and revenues, direct or indirect, for the purposes and within the amounts of appropriations theretofore made; bonds or other obligations for the moneys so borrowed shall be issued as may be provided by law, and shall with the interest thereon be paid from such taxes and revenues within one year from the date of issue.
A Few Facts
• Has 67 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 IX: State debts
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-VII.2
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