Provisions
XIII.8 proposed for 1916 • Compensation of certain officers.
REJECTED
The Text
No officer whose salary is fixed by this constitution shall receive any additional compensation. Each of the other state officers named in the constitution shall, during his continuance in office, receive a compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed; nor shall he receive to his use any fees or perquisites of office as other compensation.
A Few Facts
• Has 73 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 XIII: Officers generally
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-X.9
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