Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Document Type
Text
Identifier
29-301364
Exact Creation Date
1875
Language
English
Recommended Citation
"Journal of Constitutional Commission" (1875). 1875 Constitutional Commission. 1.
https://digitalmaine.com/arc_con_commission_1875/1
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Description
This journal contains the minutes of the 1875 Constitutional Commission, which was charged by Chapter 1 of the 1875 Resolves of Maine with the duty to “consider and frame such amendments of the constitution of this state as may seem necessary.” The Resolve was approved January 12, 1875, and the Commission first met on January 19, 1875 and adjourned sine die February 10, 1875. Among the most notable of their actions was the addition of Section 7 to Article 10, which ordered that Sections 1, 2, and 5 of Article 10 would remain in effect but would be omitted in all future printed copies. The Commission was comprised of the following members: Washington Gilbert, William P. Haines, Edward Kent, William K. Kimball, Artemas Libbey, James. C. Madigan, Frederick A. Pike, Henry E. Robins, William M. Rust, and George F. Talbot.