Senate Resolution 22 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                        BY  HAHN
  1  3 A Resolution commemorating the sesquicentennial of the
  1  4    Constitution of the State of Iowa.
  1  5    WHEREAS, in 1857 a convention was held to draft
  1  6 Iowa's third constitution, which is the cornerstone of
  1  7 Iowa law to this day; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, the new constitution was drafted over 39
  1  9 days in February and March 1857, was narrowly approved
  1 10 at a referendum in August, and went into effect by
  1 11 proclamation of the Governor on September 3, 1857; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the Constitution sets out a "Bill of
  1 13 Rights" clearly modeled after the first 10 amendments
  1 14 to the United States Constitution and contains an
  1 15 explicit separation of powers into legislative,
  1 16 executive, and judicial branches; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, since that time, Iowa's Constitution has
  1 18 been amended 46 times but the basic document still
  1 19 remains; it is now one of the older state
  1 20 constitutions in the United States still in force; NOW
  1 21 THEREFORE,
  1 22    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate notes
  1 23 with pride the sesquicentennial of the Constitution of
  1 24 the State of Iowa, the bedrock upon which Iowa
  1 25 government and law rests.
  1 26 LSB 2324SS 82
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