LD 1012
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that fact without delay and the amendment becomes part of the
Constitution on the date of the proclamation; and be it further

 
Secretary of State shall prepare ballots. Resolved: That the Secretary of
State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and
plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this resolution
necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum.

 
SUMMARY

 
This constitutional resolution allows for the appointment of
judges of probate, registers of probate and sheriffs by the
county commissioners of their respective counties.

 
Resolve 1967, chapter 77 repealed the Constitution of Maine,
Article VI, Section 6, regarding the election of judges and
registers of probate, contingent upon the Legislature's
enactment of a different Probate Court system with full-time
judges. That contingency has not occurred, allowing for this
amendment.


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