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CONSTITUTION 455 Art. 165 . No motion for the amendment of one or more Articles of this Con- stitution shall be admitted, unless it be supported by at least one- fourth of the members present in the Chamber where it is proposed. Art. 166 If the motion be entertained, the Chamber shall decide whether or not such Article or Articles need to be amended. Art. 167 If both Chambers by a two-thirds vote in each, shall decide that said Article or Articles should be amended, a resolution to this effect shall be sent to the President, for the purposes expressed in Articles 43. 44. 45. 46 and 47. Art. 168 When the necessity for said amendments shall be expressed by law, the next Congressional election shall be awaited, and in its first ses- sion after said election, the proposed amendments shall be discussed, the bill having its origin in the Senate, according to Article 40, and the same forms shall be observed as for other bills, in accordance with the Constitution. NOTE — Articles 28, 29, 30 and 31 were stricken out by amendments adopted in 1874.