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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
Volume 138, Preface 11   View pdf image (33K)
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CONTENTS
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Constitutional Convention Commission .................................................................. v
Committees of the Constitutional Convention Commission ................................ vi
Foreword .................................................................................................................... ix
I. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
The Current Validity of the Compact Theory .................................... 1
Appendix.......................................................................................... 13
Bibliography .................................................................................... 14
Religious Freedom and the Church-State Relationship in Maryland 15
Appendix I ...................................................................................... 40
Appendix II .................................................................................... 41
Appendix III .................................................................................. 42
Appendix IV .................................................................................. 43
Appendix V .................................................................................... 44
Appendix VI .................................................................................. 45
Bibliography .................................................................................... 48
II. SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Lowering the Minimum Voting Age to 18 Years ................................ 51
Age of Suffrage in the United States .................................................... 60
Chronological Summary ................................................................ 63
The Vote for 18-Year-Olds .................................................................... 64
Direct Legislation .................................................................................... 66
The Referendum in Maryland ...................................................... 66
Initiative and Referendum Provisions in the United States........ 70
Arguments For and Against Initiative and Referendum ............ 73
Recall................................................................................................ 74
Conclusion ........................................................................................ 75
Appendix I ...................................................................................... 78
Appendix II .................................................................................... 93
Appendix III .................................................................................. 94
Appendix IV .................................................................................. 95
Appendix V .................................................................................... 96
Bibliography .................................................................................... 101
Chart on State Provisions on Initiative and Referendum .......... 102
Chart on Initiative and Referendum ............................................ 104
Map Showing States with Initiative, Referendum, and Recall 106
III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The Structure of the Maryland Legislature ........................................ 107
Second Review: Its Application to the 1965 Maryland General
Assembly .............................................................................................. 117
Appendices ...................................................................................... 123
The Investigative Power of the General Assembly .............................. 125
A Brief Note on the Legislative Power to Create an Elective Office 127

 
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