Article III, Maine Constitution

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## Contents

* 1 Section 1
* 2 Section 2
* 3 Amendments
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Additional reading
* 7 Footnotes

Article III of the Maine Constitution is entitled Distribution of Powers and consists of two sections.

## Section 1[edit]

| Text of Section 1:

Powers Distributed

The powers of this government shall be divided into 3 distinct departments, the legislative, executive and judicial.[1]

## Section 2[edit]

| Text of Section 2:

To Be Kept Separate

No person or persons, belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others, except in the cases herein expressly directed or permitted.[1]

## Amendments[edit]

* Maine Repeal of Poll Tax and Military Service Exemption, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1978), which was approved on November 7, 1978.

## See also[edit]

* List of amendments to the Maine Constitution
* State constitution
* Constitutional article
* Constitutional amendment
* Constitutional revision
* Constitutional convention
* Amendments
* Initiated constitutional amendment
* Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
* Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
* Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
* State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

## External links[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* Maine.gov, "Constitution of the State of Maine"
* Maine.gov, "Enacted Constitutional Amendments from 1911 - Present"
* Maine.gov, "Constitution of the State of Maine 1820"
* Maine: An Encyclopedia, "Constitution, Maine"

## Additional reading[edit]

* Tinkle, Marshall J. (2013). The Maine State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
* Palmer, Kenneth T. and Marcus LiBrizzi. (1989). "Development of the Maine Constitution: The Long Tradition, 1819-1988." Maine Historical Society Quarterly
* Hatch, Louis Clinton (1919). Maine: A History, New York, New York: The American Historical Society

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine.gov, "Constitution of the State of Maine," accessed March 28, 2014

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