| Volume 138, Preface 11 View pdf image (33K) |
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CONTENTS Page Constitutional Convention Commission .................................................................. v Committees of the Constitutional Convention Commission ................................ vi Foreword .................................................................................................................... ix I. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS The Current Validity of the Compact Theory .................................... 1 Appendix.......................................................................................... 13 Bibliography .................................................................................... 14 Religious Freedom and the Church-State Relationship in Maryland 15 Appendix I ...................................................................................... 40 Appendix II .................................................................................... 41 Appendix III .................................................................................. 42 Appendix IV .................................................................................. 43 Appendix V .................................................................................... 44 Appendix VI .................................................................................. 45 Bibliography .................................................................................... 48 II. SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS Lowering the Minimum Voting Age to 18 Years ................................ 51 Age of Suffrage in the United States .................................................... 60 Chronological Summary ................................................................ 63 The Vote for 18-Year-Olds .................................................................... 64 Direct Legislation .................................................................................... 66 The Referendum in Maryland ...................................................... 66 Initiative and Referendum Provisions in the United States........ 70 Arguments For and Against Initiative and Referendum ............ 73 Recall................................................................................................ 74 Conclusion ........................................................................................ 75 Appendix I ...................................................................................... 78 Appendix II .................................................................................... 93 Appendix III .................................................................................. 94 Appendix IV .................................................................................. 95 Appendix V .................................................................................... 96 Bibliography .................................................................................... 101 Chart on State Provisions on Initiative and Referendum .......... 102 Chart on Initiative and Referendum ............................................ 104 Map Showing States with Initiative, Referendum, and Recall 106 III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH The Structure of the Maryland Legislature ........................................ 107 Second Review: Its Application to the 1965 Maryland General Assembly .............................................................................................. 117 Appendices ...................................................................................... 123 The Investigative Power of the General Assembly .............................. 125 A Brief Note on the Legislative Power to Create an Elective Office 127 |
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