CHAPTER III.
State Government.
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The state constitution adopted by the voters is the fundamental law of the state.
A state Constitution cannot interfere with the Federal Constitution, neither can the Federal Constitution interfere with the regulation of the state. As has been said the Kentucky Constitution was adopted on April 3, 1792, at a convention which met in Danville.
A state Constitution is a law made by the people and cannot be changed by the legislature, but may be amended or revised by the voters.
Amendments are usually submitted to the legislature and then to the voters.
The revision of the Constitution is by means of a convention of delegates elected by the people.
The three departments of state governments are: The legislative, the lawmaking power; the judicial, the law interpreting power; and the executive, the law enforcing power.
All state governments are divided into these three classes, the legislative, judicial and executive.