Committee correspondence, minutes, hearing transcripts, and propositions file, 1967.

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Committee correspondence, minutes, hearing transcripts, and propositions file, 1967.

The series contains records produced or received by committees considering the large number of propositions referred to committee by the Convention.

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New York (State). Constitutional Convention 1967

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During the 1960's there was a growing demand among New Yorkers to hold a convention to revise the State Constitution. This Constitution had been in existence since 1894 and contained a large number of amendments approved by voters during subsequent years. In 1965, the legislature (Laws of 1965, Chapter 371) put the question before the voters of whether or not to hold a convention. The voters approved a convention, to be held in 1967. The legislature (Laws of 1965, Chapte...