Section 14. Power of adjournment

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Power of adjournment

Neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than five days, Sundays excluded; nor to any other place than that, in which the two houses are in session.

Summary: Revise organization, administration and procedures of General Assembly

Election Date: May 8, 1973

Votes For Ratification: 680870

Votes Against Ratification: 572980

Percent for Ratification: 54%

Percent Against Ratification: 46%

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Amendment Source: 1973 HJR 5

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Power of adjournment

Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days, Sundays excluded; nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be in session.

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The doors of each house, and of committees of the whole, shall be kept open, except in such cases, as in the opinion of the house, require secrecy. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting.

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1851 — Article II. Section 13

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