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BULLETIN No. 35

THE AMENDMENT AND REVISION OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS

1. Provisions for calling a Constitutional Convention,

2. Legislative Authority to call a Constitutional Conven-

tion,

510

511

3. The Election and Compensation of Delegates, .

514

4. Self-executing Provisions for the Election and Assem-

bling of a Constitutional Convention,

515

IV. Specific Amendments,

518

1. The Formulation and Submission of Amendments,

2. The Ratification of Amendments,

518

521

V. Results,

523

APPENDIX A. The Proceedings of the Town of Concord, Massa-

chusetts, October 22, 1776,

524

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APPENDIX B. — Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial

Court of Massachusetts, 1833, .

525

APPENDIX C.- Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court of

APPENDIX D.-Typical Constitutional Provisions for Amendment

through the Action of a Legislature or Convention,. 532

Bibliography,

538