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State Constitutional Amendments Adopted, Rejected, and Proposed from 1895 



to 1903 



The sum of the first two columns does not equal the third because some amend- 

 ments were pending January 1, 1895, and some are still pending. In some States, 

 as Utah and Vermont, proposed amendments are not printed in the session laws, and 

 it is impossible to ascertain without great difficulty how many such have been pro- 

 posed. 



hundred and thirteen rejected Only in Maine, New Hampshire, Ver- 

 mont and Ohio were no amendments added to the constitutions. The 

 tendency to amendment has been greater during the latter part of this 

 period. In 1900 the forty-five States adopted thirty-nine amendments, 

 rejected twelve, and proposed ten. In 1901, they adopted sixteen, 

 rejected seven, and proposed ninety- three. This is sufficient to show 

 that the constitutions have a very substantial growth by means of amend- 

 ment. The ninety- three amendments proposed in 1901 are on all sorts 

 of subjects. Two leading causes have largely contributed to this ten- 

 dency to constitutional amendment. They are the outgrowing of the 

 constitutions by modern industrial society, and the increasing distrust 

 of the legislature by the people. 



