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THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

1917

BULLETIN No. 1

THE PROCEDURE OF
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS

SUBMITTED TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BY THE COM-

MISSION TO COMPILE INFORMATION AND DATA FOR THE

USE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

BOSTON

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS

32 DERNE STREET

CONTENTS.

I. Organization of the Convention, .

II. The Nature of a Constitutional Convention as affecting its

Procedure,

III. Subject-matter of the Rules of the Convention,

IV. The Committees of the Convention,

1. The Massachusetts Convention of 1853,

2. General Principles determining what Committees shall

1. Rules and Orders of the Massachusetts Convention of 1853,
2. Selected Portions of the Rules of Procedure of the Michigan
Convention of 1907, the Ohio Convention of 1912 and
the New York Convention of 1915,

3. Standing Committees of the Michigan Convention of 1907, the
Ohio Convention of 1912 and the New York Conven-

tion of 1915,

Bibliography,