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The Constitution did not include a clause fixing the date when it would come into operation, but Section 1 of the Schedule declared that "all writs, actions, prosecutions, judgments, claims, and contracts, of individuals, and of bodies corporate, shall continue as if no change had taken place; and all process which may, before the third Monday in September next, be issued under the authority of the Territory of Missouri, shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the state." The General Assembly of the State of Missouri met on 18 Sep 1820 and Alexander McNair was sworn in as the Governor of the State on 19 Sep 1820 before the Constitution was approved by the Congress of the United States. |