Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
22Dd amendment
Limiting Tenure Of
Presidents NOUO Law
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of the Constitution.

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of the Constitution.
The Nevada senate voted Is to 1
for ratification minutes after learn
ing that Utah had voted to approve.
The proposal to ratify cleared the
Nevade Assembly, 20 to IL, early in
the afternoon.
The vote in the Utah Senate was
IA to 8. The House already had
passed the measure.
Finishes In Rush
The proposed amendment has
been kicking around in state legis-
latures since March, 1947, but only
"A states had voted to ratify until
late last month.
Ratification was completed with
a rush.
Other states voting to rarify in
the last few weeks have been In
diana, Montana, Idaho, New Mexi-
co, Wyoming, Arkansas, Georgia.
Tennessee, Texas, and North Caro-
lima.
Congress specified the amend
ment must be ratified by March.
1854, to become effective.
Wording OF Amendment
The amendment reads:
Section 1. No person shall be
elected to the office Of the Presi
dent more than twice, and no per-
son who has held the office of
President, or acted as President. for
more than two years of a term to
which some other person was elect
ed President shall be elected to the
office of the President more than
once. But this article shall not an
ply to any person holding the office
Of President when this article was
proposed by the Congress. and shall
not prevent any person who may be
holding the office of President, or
acting as President, during the
term, within which this article he
comes operative from holding the
office Of President or acting as
President during the remainder of
such term.
Section 2 This article shall
be imperative unless it shall have
been ratified as an amendment to
the Constitution by the legislatures
OF three fOurths of the several
states within seven years from the
date of its submission to the
states by the Congress-"
Nevada's quick action nOsed ont
Minnesota, which had hoped to be
the 36th state to ratify.
Acting under a suspension of the
rules, the Minnesota legislature
had placed a joint resolution to
ratify ahead of other bills and
scheduled a vote for 4 p. m, CEST)
Outside the legal phraseology. |
here's what the amendment pro-
7ides
That a President may serve only
.WO elected terms. A man who
served up to two years of another
residents unexpired term could
till serve an additional eight
ears.
But a Vice President succeeding
o the presidency and serving II
more than two years before the II
erm expired would be eligible for
lection only once.
Early legislative action on rati-
cation usually followed marty
lnes-Republicans for and Demo-
rats against.
Opponents said they regarded
ne proposal as a slap at President
roosevelt who broke the two-term
recedent set by George Washing
on.
However, in recent weeks Demo-
rat-contrOlled states have been
mong those voting for ratification.
The vote in the Texas Senate was
8 to 4 for ratification.
Rep. Max Smith of San Marcos.
'ex., said "the unpopularity of
ONE of Mr. Truman's policies
oosted the demand" for such a
lw.
The other "a states that have
atlfied the amendment, with the
ears they voted:
Maine, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas
lew Hampshire, Oregon, Illinois
delaware, Vermont, California, New
ersey, Wisconsin, Ohio, Colorado.
Nebraska, Missouri.
onnecticut (194D New York. Vir-
inia' Mississippi (1948); North
'akOta, South Dakota 1949): and
(lS5O)