Provisions
VIII.12 proposed for 1916 • Judges of Court of Appeals, or justices of Supreme Court, to hold no other office.
REJECTED
The Text
The judges of the court of appeals and the justices of the supreme court shall not hold any other office or public trust. All votes for any of them, for any other than a judicial office, given by the legislature or the people, shall be void.
A Few Facts
• Has 46 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 VIII: Judiciary
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-VI.10
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