Article XVIII, sections 6 to 11 of the Oregon State Constitution

In this final post on the Oregon State Constitution, we look at Article XVIII, sections 6 to 11.  Article XVIII is entitled "Schedule" and discusses some administrative items regarding the constitution when it was originally being proposed to the people living in the Oregon Territory.

Section 6

This section defines that if the constitution is ratified by all those necessary, including the people of the territory, then elections will be held at a specific time (June 1858) to elect state and federal representatives.

Section 7

This section includes the provision that adopting the constitution does not repeal any of the laws of the Territory.

Section 8

This section states that all people who are in government (elected or appointed thereto) shall continue until such time elections are held or they are replaced by the new authorities.

Section 9

This section states that any crimes against the territory are automatically continued as crimes against the state and that in no way would there be cause to have charges dropped due to the change of status from territory to state.

Section 10

This section guarantees that the territorial government obligations will be taken over by the State.

Section 11

This section defines judicial districts at the time the State was created.

The end of the constitution, so now what?

Well, we have reached the end of a long tour around the constitution and there were some sections where I thought I might have provided an interesting opinion and other sections where additional insight seemed lacking.  Nonetheless, it has been a learning experience for me to review and then try to dissect and correlate with other relevant section as to the topics being discussed.  What I am going to propose to do next with this blog is to look at some resolutions in the legislature that are proposing amendments to the Oregon Constitution.  We'll see if we get into any controversy or not!