KANSAS. 27 Sec. 2. Lotteries, and the sale of lottery tickets for any purpose whatever, shall forever be prohibited in this State. Sec. 3. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this State, unless he possesses the qualifications of an elector. Sec. 4. There may be established in the secretary of state’s office a bureau of statistics and agriculture, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, and provision shall be made by the general assembly for the organization and encouragement of State and county agricultural associations. Sec. 5. The first general assembly shall provide, by law, for securing to the wife the separate property acquired by her before or after coverture, and the equal right with the husband to the custody of the children during their minority ; and in case of the death, insanity, intemperance, or gross impropriety of the husband, their exclusive custody. ARTICLE XVI. Amendments to the Constitution. Section 1. All propositions for amendments to the constitution shall be made by the general assembly. Sec. 2. A concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected to each house shall be necessary ; after which, such proposed amendments shall be entered upon the journals, with the yeas and nays ; and the secretary of state shall cause the same to be published, in at least one newspaper in a county in the State where a newspaper is published, for at least six months preceding the next election for senators and representatives, when such proposed amendments shall be again referred to the legislature elected next succeeding said publication. If passed by the second legislature by a majority of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, such amendments shall be republished as aforesaid, for at least six months prior to the next general election, at which election such proposed amendments shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection ; and if a majority of the electors voting at such election shall adopt such amendments, the same shall become a part of the constitution. Sec. 3. When more than one amendment is submitted at the same time, they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote upon each amendment separately. No convention for the formation of a new constitution shall be called, and no amendment to the constitution shall be, by the general assembly, made before the year 1865, nor more than once in five years thereafter. ARTICLE XVII. Banicing and Currency. Section 1. No banks shall be established otherwise than under a general banking law.
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