Part 66 (1/2)

4. Who is Commander-in-Chief of the militia? . Section 3; and Article III, section 8.

5. For what may he call them out? Section 3; and see Article III, section 7.

6. What authority can make exemptions from militia duty? Section 4.

7. What other duty has the General a.s.sembly in regard to the militia? Section 4.

ARTICLE XIII.

AMENDMENTS.

1. In what manner must a convention of the people be called?

Section 1.

2. What is the number of votes necessary in the Senate? Answer-- Two-thirds of fifty--thirty-four at the least.

3. What number in the House of Representatives? Answer--Two- thirds of one hundred and twenty-eighty votes at the least.

4. What authority directs the manner of submission to the people? Section 1.

5. What authority prescribes the day of meeting? Section 1.

6. Can a convention so called to alter the Const.i.tution? Answer- -Yes; it can amend the Const.i.tution or make a new one.

7. What is a ”restricted convention”? Answer--One in which the General a.s.sembly provides that the members shall confine their action to certain specified matters, or shall refrain from making changes in certain particulars. Some have doubted the power of the General a.s.sembly to bind the members in this way, but it has been done several times in this State.

8. Can the Const.i.tution be altered without calling a Convention?

Section 2.

9. By what vote must the proposed change pa.s.s the General a.s.sembly? Section 2.

10. Does this mean three-fifths of all the members of each House? Section 2.

11. What is the least vote by which it could pa.s.s in the Senate?

Answer--Three-fifths of twenty-six--sixteen votes.

12. What is the least in the House of Representatives? Answer-- Three-fifths of sixty-one--thirty-seven votes.

13. What must then be done with the proposed amendment? Section 2.

14. Does it require a majority of all the qualified voters to pa.s.s it? Section 2.

15. Which is the most, two-thirds or three-fifths?