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Proposed Convention of I87I , 



In 1^71, the General Assembly proposed that a convention be 



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held to amend the state Constitution, but the voters rejected 

 the proposal. 

 Convention of 3.87 5 « 



Four years later the General Assembly called the Convention 



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 of I875 without a vote of the people on the issue. Among the 



amendments adopted by the Convention of 1875 and subsequently 



ratified by the people of the State was a revision of article 



XII, Section 1, -which reads as follows: 



"No Convention of the people of this State shall ever 

 be called by the General i^ssembly unless by the con- 

 currence of ti'jo-thirds of all the members of each House 

 of the General Assembly, and except the proposition, Con- 

 vention or No Convention, be first submitted to the 

 qualified voters of the whole State, at the next general 

 election, in a manner to be prescribed by law. And should 

 a majority of the votes cast be in favor of said Conven- 

 tion it shall assemble on such day as may be prescribed 

 by the General Assembly," 



This section has not been amended since I876, 



Proposed Convention of 1919 . 



Only once since 1875 has the General Assembly proposed the 



calling of a convention to consider state constitutional matters, 



In 1917 an act was adopted providing for a vote of the people 



iQ public Laws 1870-7 1. C, 211. 

 ^9 public Laws 187^-75 . C, 222, 



