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Provisions

VI.23 proposed for 1939 • Clerks of courts.

REJECTED

The Text

The clerks of the several counties shall be clerks of the supreme court, and, except in the counties within the city of New York, of the county courts of their respective counties, with such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by law. The clerk of the court of appeals shall keep his office at the seat of government. The clerk of the court of appeals and the clerks of the appellate division shall receive such compensation as may be established by law which shall be paid out of the state treasury.


A Few Facts

• Has 92 words

• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 5 of 1938

If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:

• Joined the Constitution in 1939

• Been in Article VI: Judiciary

• Changed the text of a previously existing provision

• Amended or built on:
1926-VI.21


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