Provisions
XVI.1 proposed for 1916 ā¢ Oath of office.
REJECTED
The Text
Members of the legislature, and all officers, executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as shall be by law exempted shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ____, according to the best of my ability” and all such officers who shall have been chosen at any election shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation above prescribed, together with the following addition thereto, as part thereof:
“And I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not directly or indirectly paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, or offered or promised to contribute any money or other valuable thing as a consideration or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at the election at which I was elected to said office, and have not made any promise to influence the giving or withholding any such voteā and no other oath, declaration or test shall be required as a qualification for any office of public trust.
A Few Facts
ā¢ Has 216 words
ā¢ Was proposed by theĀ Constitutional Convention
ā¢ Went to NYS voters asĀ proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
ā¢ Joined the Constitution in 1916
ā¢ Been in Article XVI: Official corruption
ā¢ Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
ā¢ Amended or built on:
ā¦ 1895-XIII.1
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