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in I9I8 on whether a convention should be held in 1919« As a 



result of the entry of the United States into World War One, the 



issue was left off the 1918 ballot, and therefore the will of the 



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 people was never expressed on the matter. 



Proposed Constitution of 1933 * 



The Proposed Constitution of 1933 » as approved by the General 

 Assembly, would have continued the section concerning conventions un- 

 changed except in two respects: the question on convention or no 

 convention would no longer have been required to be submitted at the 

 next general election following adoption by the General Assembly of a 

 convention act, but would have been submitted "in a manner to be pre- 

 scribed by law"; and thereafter a convention, if called, would have 



consisted of 120 delegates, "elected upon basis of the membership in 



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 the House of Representatives." 



Proposed Convention of 1933 * 



The General Asseinbly of 1933 desired to propose a convention to 

 consider ratification or rejection of the 21st Amendment to the United 

 States Constitution, repealing the prohibition amendment, Donflicting 

 opinions were held by legislators as to the mode in which the conven- 

 tion should be called and the time the issue of convention or no con- 

 vention should be submitted to the people, if it should be submitted 

 at all. An advisory opinion was sought from the members of the Supreme 

 Court with respect to two pending bills. 



^Q public Laws 1917 . C. 60. 



"TDillard S, Gardner, The Proposed Constitution for Morth Carolina 

 7 (Chapel Hill: The Institute of Government, 19J,'4-), 



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Proposed Constitution of North Carolina , 1933, Art, XII, Sec, 1, 



This Constitution was never voted on by the people, and so never became 



effective. 



