Without calling a convention, however, the legislature may, by a threefifths vote of all the members of each house, adopt an amendment, which is to come into effect only if approved by a majority of electors voting at the next election of senators and representatives - the publication of the proposed amendment in some newspaper in each county once a week for three months before the election being required.
The ruling is due to come into effect around April 2015.
Compulsory attendance had been adopted in 1888, but did not come into effect until after the enactment of the law of 1896.
In a special session of the legislature in November 1907 a law was passed forbidding the sale of liquor within the state, this prohibition to come into effect on the 1st of January 1909.
In general the laws did not come into effect within their province until they had been registered by the parlements.
