Guide to the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention of 1973 collection Rhode Island Constitutional Convention of 1973 1973

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Guide to the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention of 1973 collection Rhode Island Constitutional Convention of 1973 1973

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The Rhode Island Constitutional Convention of 1973 was convened to amend the state's constitution. The collection contains convention rules and other administrative documents, session journals, publicity, and research on the issues considered.

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Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival Collections

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Conley, Patrick T., 1938-

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Rhode Island. Constitutional Convention (1973)

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General Assembly of Rhode Island

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In January of 1973 an act was passed by the General Assembly of Rhode Island to convene a Constitutional Convention to amend the state's constitution. It was the eleventh convention to gather in the state and only the fifth to be held in a limited form. A limited convention is called to restrict the proceedings to specific prearranged constitutional questions. These included the revision of election laws, the repeal of the prohibition of lotteries, the review of legisla...