Maine Codification of State Constitution, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1950)
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The Maine Codification of State Constitution, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1, was on the September 11, 1950 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1][2] The measure provided for the codification of the state constitution. The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Court was to arrange the constitution into articles, parts and sections which would then be approved by the Legislature.[3] This repealed and replaced Section 3 of Article X of the Maine Constitution.[4]
Aftermath
In 1967, another legislatively referred constitutional amendment made the schedule for the recodification of the Maine Constitution every 10 years starting in 1973. The 1950 measure had authorized it whenever a new revision of the public laws of the state was authorized.[2][5]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1950) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 106,433 | 70.43% | ||
| No | 44,688 | 29.57% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
- See also: Maine Constitution, Article X, Section 3
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
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"Shall the constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the legislature to codify the constitution?" [6] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes created by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
See also
- Maine 1950 ballot measures
- 1950 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- The Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 8, 1950
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 8, 1950 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Lewiston" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ ACTS AND RESOLVES AS PASSED BY THE Ninety-fourth Legislature OF THE STATE OF MAINE, "Chapter 29," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Ninety-fourth Legislature 1949, "Chapter 29," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Acts and Resolves as Passed by the One Hundred and Third Legislature of the State of Maine, "Chapter 63," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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