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| • 1st (1776-1790) [Adopted: 28 September 1776 Convention convened, 15 July 1776, Ratified: 28 September 1776 not submitted to the People] |
| • 2nd (1790-1838) [Adopted: 2 September 1790 Convention convened, 24 November 1789; this Adoption date reflects the date the Convention adjourned sine die after having declared this Constitution in force as a result of first having "shewn the work" to the People and thereafter reconvening on 9 August 1790 to work on suggested amendments before proclaiming this Constitution in force, Ratified: 2 September 1790 The Convention had submitted this 2nd Constitution to the People for purposes of discussion and then recessed on 26 February 1790 but the People were not called upon to ratify it by an actual vote at the polls] |
| • 3rd (1839-1873) [Adopted: 22 February 1838 Convention convened, 2 May 1837, Ratified: November 1838 ratified by a vote of 113,971 to 112,759; effective, 1 January 1839] |
| • 4th (1874-) [Adopted: 3 November 1873 Convention convened, 12 November 1872, Ratified: 16 December 1873 effective, 1 January 1874 (NOTE: This Constitution was recodified in three stages between 1966 and 1968: the General Assembly drafted two sets of amendments which were approved by the voters on 17 May 1966 and 16 May 1967, respectively; a limited Constitutional Convention then met from 1 December 1967 thru 29 February 1968 to work these 1966 and 1967 amendments- along with any amendments proposed by the Convention- into a recodified document which was approved by the voters on 23 April 1968. However, this recodification of 1968 is not generally considered to be a "5th Constitution" per se )] |
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