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the proposed convention of 1919 was that an initial session of not 

 more than 30 days would have been held at which proposals for amend- 

 ments would have been received* Then an adjournment would have been 

 taken for 60 days, following which the delegates would have recon- 

 vened to consider and adopt amendments previously offered. The 

 total time allowed for the sitting of the convention (apparently 

 including the initial session) would have been limited to 60 

 days. 



Due to the involvement of the United States in World War One, 

 the convention issue was left off the 1918 ballot, and so the people 

 never had a chance to vote on the question. 

 Proposed Convention of 1933 . 



Only one convention of the people of this State has been proposed 

 to consider ratification of an amendment to the federal Constitution, 

 that of 1933 » which the people rejected at the polls. The act calling 

 for a vote of the people on whether this convention should be held 



specifically limited its authority to the one subject at hand: 



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 consideration of and action on the 21st Amendment. 



Provisions as to Mis c ellaneous Matters . 



In addition to the instructions and limitations which the 



convention acts have contained with respect to the substantive 



matters to be considered or eschewed by conventions, each of these 



acts has usually included provisions governing the qualifications 



and mode of election of delegates; the mode of submitting to 



the people the question of convention or no convention; the 



^^ Public Laws 1933 . C. i+03. 



