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counties shall commence on the first Monday of June next
ensuing their appointment.

Section 9. The vote to be held under the provisions of Sec-
tion 2 of Article XIV of the Constitution for the purpose of
taking the sense of the people in regard to calling a Constitu-
tional Convention shall be held at the general election in the
year nineteen hundred and thirty, and every twenty years
thereafter.

Section 10. The Governor shall submit three budgets to
the General Assembly at the regular session of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 52 of Article III of the Constitution, for the three
fiscal years beginning October first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four and ending September thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, and two budgets to the General Assembly
at the regular session of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven,
and thereafter as now provided by said section.

Section 11. The purpose of this Article is to reduce the
number of elections, by providing that all State and county
elections shall be held only in every fourth year, and at the
time now provided by law for holding congressional elections;
and to bring the terms of appointive officers into harmony with
the changes effected in the time of the beginning of the terms
of elective officers; and the administrative and judicial officers
of the State shall construe the provisions of this Article so as
to effectuate that purpose. For the purpose of this Article only
the word "officers" shall be construed to include those holding
positions and other places of employment in the state and
county governments whose terms are fixed by law, but it shall
not include any appointments made by the Board of Public
Works, nor appointments by the Governor for terms of three
years.

Section 12. The General Assembly, at the regular session in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, shall make such
changes in the primary and general election laws, and other-
wise, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Article. There shall be no election for State or county officers
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Section 13. In the event of any inconsistency between the
provisions of this Article and any of the other provisions of the
Constitution, the provisions of this Article shall prevail, and