N.Y. Const. art. X, § 3: Savings bank charters; restrictions on trustees; special charters not to be granted

§ 3. The legislature shall, by general law, conform all charters of

savings banks, savings and loan associations, or institutions for

savings, to a uniformity of powers, rights and liabilities, and all

charters hereafter granted for such corporations shall be made to

conform to such general law, and to such amendments as may be made

thereto. The legislature shall have no power to pass any act granting

any special charter for banking purposes; but corporations or

associations may be formed for such purposes under general laws.