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be defined by law, and no extra compen>
sa.ion. either by the county or State, shall
be paid or allowed TO such officers. .,as..
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be paid or allowed TO such officers. 3 .,as
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81 ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTIONS.
! l.. Any amendment or amendments Il
this Constitution may be proposed in IN,
Senate or House of Representatives. and !;
the same shall be agreed to by mai orit,
OF all the members elected to each Of tht
Two houses, such proposed amendment
shall be entered on their journals, with The
yeas and nays thereon, and referred 10 ,he
General Assembly then next to be chosen
and shall be published for three month,
-..a = is.a 1ss.se.@i Assembly then mex,
chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amend.
ment or amendments shall be agreed to by
majority of all the members elected 10
each house, then il shall be the duty oil
the General Assembly to submit such pro-
posed amendment or amendments to the
people in such manner and at such time
as the General Assembly shall prescribe,
and If the people shall approve and ra.ify
such amendment or amendments by ma
jority Of all the qualified electors of the
State voting for and against said amend
ment or amendments voting in their favor,
such amendment or amendments shall be.
come part of this Constitution. When any
amendment or amendments to this Con-
stitulion shall be proposed in pursuance of
the foregoing provisions, the same shall,
at each of The said sessions, be read three
several days in each house. The General
Assembly shall not propose the same a.
mendments 10 this Constitution oflener
than once in six years.
2. And if, at any time. two thirds of
the Senate and House Of Representatives
shall think it necessary to revise or change
this Constitution, they shall recommend
10 the electors at the next election for
members of the Legislature to vote for or
against Convention, and if it shall ap-
pear that a majority Of the electors voting
at such election have voted:in favor Of cal
ling Convention, the Legislature shall.
at its next session, provide by law for cal
ling Convention, 10 be holden within six
months after the passage of such law, and
such Convention shall consist Of mum.
Der Of members not less than of both bran !.
Giles Vi Vie AegIsletuTe.
ARTICLE l3.
SCHEDULE.
/. That no Inconvenience may arise
from a change of the Territorial Govern.
ment TO permanent State Government, it
is declared that all writs, actions, prosecu-
lions, contracts, claims and rights, shall
continue as if no change had taken place
in this government; and all process which
may, before the organization Of the jud>
cial department under this Constitution,
be issued under the authority of the Ter
ritory Of Iowa, shall be as valid as if iss-
ued in the name Of the State.
2. All laws now in force in this Terri
tory, which are not repugnant to this con-
stitution, shall remain in force until they
expire by their own limitations, or be al
tered or repealed by the Legislature.
3. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures,
accruing to the Territory of Iowa. shall
accrue to the use Of the State.
4. All recognizances heretofore taken,
or which may hereafter be taken, before
the organization of the judicial department
under this constitution, shall remain valid
and shall pass over to, and may be prose-
cuted.in the name of the State. And all
bonds executed to the Governor of this
Territory. or 10 any other officer in his
official capacity, shall pass over to the
Governor or other proper State authority,
and to their successors in Office, for the
uses therein respectively expressed. and
may be sued for. and recovered according
ly. All criminal prosecutions and penal
actions, which have arisen, or which may
arise before the organization Of the judi
cial department under this constitution,
and which shall then be pending, may be
prosecuted to judgment and executed in
the name Of the State.
5. All officers, civil and military, now
holding their Offices and appointments in
this Territory under the authority of the
United States, or under the authority of
this Territory, shall continue TO hold and
exercise their respective offices and APP
pointments until superseded under this
Constitution. 500
6. 1t is made the duty Of the President
of this Convention, to transmit TO the Del
egate to the Congress Of the United States
from this Territory, copy of this Con-
stitu,ion, together with an authenticated
copy of an ACT of the Legislative Assembly
of this Territory, entitled :" An act to pro-
vide for the expression Of the opinion Of
the people Of the Territory of Iowa, upon
the subject of the formation of State
Constitution for the State of Iowa" and
also certified abstract Of the census of
this Territory taken in the month of May,
1914, and also certified abstract of the
vote of the people Of this Territory upon
the question of Convention or no Conven