-fespect to, or measured by, income for any period

ending on or prior to said 31st day of December
laid in accordance with the terms of any law then
in effect.

“Sec. 5. Section 3 shall take effect at midnight
on the last day of the sixth month following the

- ratification of this article. Nothing contained in

this article shall affect the powet of the United
States after said date to collect any tax with respect

to any devolution or transfer occurring prior to the

taking effect of Section 3, laid in accordance with
the terms of any law then in effect.”

And be it further

Resolved, that the Congress of the United States
be, and it hereby is, requested to provide as the

mode of ratification that said amendment shall be
valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the
Constitution of the United States, when ratified
by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
states; and be it further

Resolved, that the Secretary of State be, and he
hereby is, directed to send a duly certified copy of
this resolution to the Senate of the United States
and one to the House of Representatives in the
Congress of the United States.

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This resolution is submitted by the State Legis-
lators for the XXII Amendment.
Merle 8. Smith

Chairman
STATE LEGISLATORS FOR THE XXIl) AMENDMENT

 

Status of State Legislatures on the Proposed XXII
Amendment on Date of January 1, 1945

List of States that will be in session the first week in January that have not passed

the Resolution—total 29 States:

Nebraska

Arizona Idaho Ohio Texas
California Kansas Nevada Oklahoma Utah
_ Colorado Maryland New Mexico Oregon Vermont

Connecticut Minnesota New York So. Carolina Washington

Florida (April) Missouri No. Carolina So. Dakota West Virginia

Georgia Montana No. Dakota Tennessee

List of States that have passed the Resolution in both Houses to date—total 17
States: |

Alabama Indiana Maine Mississippi Pennsylvania

Arkansas Iowa Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island

Delaware Kentucky Michigan New Jersey Wisconsin

Illinois Wyoming

There are two States that will not be in regular session in 1945 that have not
passed the Resolution; they are Louisiana and Virginia.

There are six States that have passed the Resolution in but one House. They are: ©

California House
Louisiana Senate

Nevada Senate

New York Senate

Ohio Senate
Virginia House

All Legislatures with a few exceptions meet in regular session every two years.
If one of the 29 States first listed, having biennial sessions, fails to pass the Resolu-
tion this year, action in that State will be delayed for two years.

 

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