Adopted

12,220

8,259 20,479

.102

November, 1901. Taxation of oyster industry.

November 3, 1908. Taxation, and property exempt from taxation

Rejected

November 3, 1908. Exercise of eminent domain

for benefit of lumbering interests

November 4, 1902. Office of secretary of state made elective. etc.....

November 4, 1902. Election of state superin-
tendent of public instruction, etc. Permits

increase in salary...

......

Adopted

71,550

57,411

128,961

365,676

.352

November 4, 1902. Permitting legislature to

enact a general banking law

.....

Adopted

64,836

November 4, 1902. Forbids granting of passes
to state officers.

44,620 109,456

365,676

.299

November 3, 1908. Extending from three to six

days time within which governor may veto bills.

.251

November 3, 1908.

Permitting progressive in

come tax....

Adopted

85,696

37,729

123,425

.274

November 3, 1908. Permitting the appropriation of state money for the improvement of public highways..

1 Did not receive majority of votes cast at election.

Adams,

INDEX

convention, 82, 83; power to ap-
propriate money not usually pos-
sessed by conventions, 82, 83, 103,
104

Arguments, for and against pro-
posed amendments, distribution
of, 167-178, 274, 288, 291
Arkansas, constitution of 1836 not
submitted to people, 65; pop-
ular majority required for adop-
tion of amendments in, 190
Articles of confederation, popular
approval of, in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, 8, note, 10,
note.

John, views regarding | Appropriation, of money for use of
methods of framing constitutions,
26
Alabama, popular vote for amend-
ment of constitution of 1819, 123;
ballot employed to force voting
on amendments, 190-192, 198
Amendment, constitutional: pro-
visions for, in first state consti-
tutions, 27-29; development of
processes of, 120-136; restric-
tions upon the proposal of, 132,
133, 136-140, 260-262; present
methods of, 134, 135; increasing
ease of, 129; time required for
adoption of, 138, 139; steps in
process of, 141, 142; subject only
to such rules as laid down in
amending clause of constitution,
152-156, 216; form of proposal
in legislature, 155, note; separate
submission of each, 178-183; what
constitutes one amendment,"
179, 192, 193, 196, 216, 221; popu-
lar majority required for adop-
tion of, 185-202; time when it
becomes effective, 203, 204; er-
roneous and contradictory amend-
ments, 206-209; popular vote re-
quired to adopt, 185-202, 216; ju-
dicial control over processes of,
209-236; no judicial control over
substance of, 234-238; overruling
of courts by, 238-243; relation
between statutes and amendments,
237-258; relation between consti-
tutional conventions and process
of amendment, 258-262; working
of popular referendum on pro-
posed amendments, 266-292; fre-
quency with which amendments
submitted, 266-269; triviality of
proposals, 269-271, 289, 291

66

Ballot, for amendments, separate
from that for candidates, 184, 279,
288, 292; requirement that full
text of proposed amendment ap-
pear upon ballot, 184; form of
ballot designed to compel voting
on amendments, 190-199
Bryce, James, discussion of flexible
and rigid constitutions, 139
California, distribution of argu-
ments on proposed amendments
in, 170, 171

39,

Colonies, government in, I
Commissions, constitutional,
note, 262-265
Connecticut, continuance of charter
government in, 26; popular sub-
mission of constitution of 1818,
64; popular approval of amend-
ments under constitution of, 125
Constitutional convention: first sug-
gested and employed in New
Hampshire, 5-7, 23; sentiment
favorable to, in Massachusetts, 8,
9, 23; steps in development of,
21-25; provision for, in first con-
stitutions of Georgia, Massachu-

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