in appropriation bills. Other amendments empowered the legislature to fix the hours of labor, establish a minimum wage and a workers compensation system, and address a number of other progressive measures. A home rule amendment was proposed for Ohio cities with populations over 5,000. On September 3, 1912, despite strong conservative opposition, voters adopted 33 of the 41 proposed amendments. It was so sweeping a change to the 1851 Constitution that most legal scholars consider it to have become a new "1912 Constitution." Among the eight losing proposed amendments were female suffrage, the use of voting machines, the regulation of outdoor advertising and abolition of the death penalty. Voters also rejected a proposal to strike the word "white" from the 1851 Constitution's definition of voter eligibility. Although black people could vote in all State and Federal elections in Ohio due to the Fifteenth Amendment, the text of the State Constitution was not changed until 1923. Current constitution With numerous later amendments, the 1851/1912 Constitution remains the basic law of the state to this day. The current state constitution contains the following articles: Preamble - One of the shortest preambles of any state constitution: "We, the people of the State of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and promote our general welfare, do establish this Constitution." Article I: Bill of Rights The "Ohio Constitution Bill of Rights" consists of 23 sections. The Ohio Constitution's Bill of Rights is substantially similar to its federal counterpart but also includes the right to alter, reform or abolish government; rights of conscience and education; rights for victims of crime; a prohibition of imprisonment for debt; and the right to payment of damages for wrongful death. Article II - Legislative Article III - Executive Article IV - Judicial Article V - Elective Franchise In 1995 Article V, Section 8 was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton. It had imposed term limits on federal representatives and senators. Article VI - Education Article VII - Public Institutions Article VIII - Public Debt and Public Works Article IX - Militia Article X - County and Township Organizations Article XI - Apportionment Article XII - Finance and Taxation Article XIII - Corporations Article XIV - Jurisprudence (repealed) Article XV - Miscellaneous Article XVI - Amendments Article XVII - Elections Article XVIII