Provisions
XI.3 proposed for 1916 • "Corporations" defined.
REJECTED
The Text
The term corporations as used in this article shall be construed to include all associations and joint stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporation shall have the right to sue and shall be subject to be sued in all courts in like cases as natural persons.
A Few Facts
• Has 59 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 XI: Corporations; municipal debts; boards and commissions
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-VIII.3
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