Constitutional Amendments to Supersede Amendments by Legistature. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO SUPERSEDE AMEND. MENTS BY LEGISLATURE. I Sec. 3. Any amendment proposed by a constitutional 2 convention relating to the same subject as an amendment pro3 posed by the Legislature, coincidently submitted to the people 4 for approval at the general election held in the year one thou5 sand eight hundred and ninety-four, or at any subsequent 6 election, shall, if approved, be deemed to supersede the amend7 ment so proposed by the Legislature. Constitution, When in Force. CONSTITUTION, WHEN IN FORCE. ARTICLE XV. I Section I. This Constitution shall be in force from and 2 including the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred 3 and ninety-five, except as herein otherwise provided. Done in Convention at the Capitol in the city of Albany, the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and nineteenth. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names. JOSEPH HODGES CHOATE, Sec. Art. Constitution, When in Force. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. All the courts of justice now existing shall continue with their present jurisdiction, and the chancellor and judges and the clerks of the said courts shall continue in office until the said third Tuesday of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; upon which day the said courts shall be abolished and the offices of the said chancellor, judges and clerks shall expire. All writs of error and appeals and proceedings which, on the third Tuesday of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be depending in the High Court of Errors and Appeals, and all the books, records and papers of said court shall be transferred to the Court of Errors and Appeals established by this amended Constitution; and the said writs of errors, appeals and proceedings shall be proceeded in the said Court of Errors and Appeals to final judgment, decree or other determination. All suits, proceedings and matters which, on the third Tuesday of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be depending in the Supreme Court or Court of Common Pleas, and all books, records and papers of the said courts, shall be transferred to the Superior Court established by this amended Constitution, and the said suits, proceedings and matters shall be proceeded in to final judgment or determination in the said Superior Court. All indictments, proceedings and matters which, on the third Tuesday of January, in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be depending in the Court of our Sec. Art. 9. General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery, shall be transferred to and proceeded in to final judgment and determination in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery established by this amended Constitution, and all books, records and papers of said Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery shall be transferred to said Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery. All suits, proceedings and matters which, on the third Tuesday of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be depending in the Court of Chancery, or in the Orphans' Court, and all records, books and papers of said courts respectively, shall be transferred to the Court of Chancery or Orphans' Court, respectively, established by this amended Constitution; and the said suits, proceedings and matters shall be proceeded in to final decree, order or other determination. OHIO. This Constitution shall take effect on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. RHODE ISLAND. 1. XIV. This Constitution, if adopted, shall go into operation on the first Tuesday of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. The first election of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, AttorneyGeneral, General Treasurer, and of Senators and Representatives under said Constitution, shall be had on the first Wednesday of April next preceding by the electors Bec. Art. Constitution, When in Force. qualified under said Constitution. And the town and ward meetings therefor shall be warned and conducted as is now provided by law. All civil and military officers now elected, or who shall hereafter be elected, by the General Assembly, or other competent authority, before the said first Wednesday of April, shall hold their offices and may exercise their powers until the said first Tuesday of May, or until their successors shall be qualified to act. All statutes, public and private, not repugnant to this Constitution, shall continue in force until they expire by their own limitation or are repealed by the General Assembly. All charters, contracts, judgments, actions and rights of action shall be valid as if this Constitution had not been made. The present government shall exercise all the powers with which it is now clothed until the said first Tuesday of May, |