Show LACIS A VOTE MORE STATES MUST FAVOR IN COME TAX BEFORE constitution CAN BE CHANGED utah rhode island and vermont hav 4 refused to ratify the amendment this year while question la Is pending in n seven others new york nine more states raus ratify the apropo proposed ell income tax amend ment before it can an become a part ol 01 the federal constitution reports re calved here from the capitals of th tb forty six states show that the amend ment has haa received favorable antior in the joint legisla of twenty six vermont rhode island and utah have refused to ratify the amendment this thie year while new hampshire has tak en favorable tavor ablo action in only one branch of the legislature among the sixteen which have not acted the question is pending in lousiana Lou slana nevi york massachusetts maine connect talcut pennsylvania and new jetsey the matter is scheduled to come before the florilda legislature next month west virgeana Vir glana has post boned action arkansas tennessee wyoming Mini minnesota Lesota and delaware have not considered the matter the constitution provides that pro posed amendments to become valid must be ratified by three fourths ol 01 1 I the states this necessitates favor able action by thirty fhe of the forty six states anere Is no limit to the time of such ratification and nega the th e action by a legislature is not con elusive clu sive a bbate baving the right to reverse its judgment |