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Washington Constitution, Article XXVII

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Article XXVII, Schedule

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Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 1 Section 1
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EXISTING RIGHTS, ACTIONS, AND CONTRACTS SAVED. No existing rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts or claims shall be affected by a change in the form of government, but all shall continue as if no such change had taken place; and all process which may have been issued und…
Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 2 Section 2
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LAWS IN FORCE CONTINUED. All laws now in force in the Territory of Washington, which are not repugnant to this Constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation, or are altered or repealed by the legislature: Provided, That this section shall not be so…
Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 3 Section 3
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DEBTS, FINES, ETC., TO INURE TO THE STATE. All debts, fines, penalties and forfeitures, which have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, to the Territory of Washington, shall inure to the State of Washington.
Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 4 Section 4
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RECOGNIZANCES. All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken before the change from a territorial to a state government shall remain valid, and shall pass to, and may be prosecuted in the name of the state; and all bonds executed to the Territory of Washington or to a…

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Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 5 Section 5

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CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS AND PENAL ACTIONS. All criminal prosecutions and penal actions which may have arisen, or which may arise, before the change from a territorial to a state government, and which shall then be pending, shall be prosecuted to judgment, and execution in the name …

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 6 Section 6

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RETENTION OF TERRITORIAL OFFICERS. All officers now holding their office under the authority of the United States, or of the Territory of Washington, shall continue to hold and exercise their respective offices until they shall be superseded by the authority of the state.

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 7 Section 7

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CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, WHEN ELECTED. All officers provided for in this Constitution including a county clerk for each county when no other time is fixed for their election, shall be elected at the election to be held for the adoption of this Constitution on the first Tuesday of…

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 8 Section 8

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CHANGE OF COURTS - TRANSFER OF CAUSES. Whenever the judge of the superior court of any county, elected or appointed under the provisions of this Constitution shall have qualified the several causes then pending in the district court of the territory except such causes as would ha…

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 9 Section 9

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SEALS OF COURTS AND MUNICIPALITIES. Until otherwise provided by law, the seal now in use in the supreme court of the Territory shall be the seal of the supreme court of the state. The seals of the superior courts of the several counties of the state shall be, until otherwise prov…

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 10 Section 10

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PROBATE COURT, TRANSFER OF. When the state is admitted into the Union, and the superior courts in the respective counties organized, the books, records, papers and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration pending therein, shall…

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 17 Section 17

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Separate articles The following separate articles shall be submitted to the people for adoption or rejection at the election for the adoption of this Constitution: If a majority of the ballots cast at said election on said separate articles be in favor of the adoption of either o…

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 18 Section 18

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Ballot The form of ballot to be used in voting for or against this Constitution, or for or against the separate articles, or for the permanent location of the seat of government, shall be: The result of the election was against both woman suffrage and prohibition.

Wash. Const. art. XXVII, § 19 Section 19

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Appropriation The legislature is hereby authorized to appropriate from the state treasury sufficient money to pay any of the expenses of this convention not provided for by the Enabling Act of Congress.