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article by saying by local general law, and then we

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realized it was not quite that simple and, after we g£t

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our heads together at lunch time, Delegate Case picked

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this up. He is the one who brought it to our attention.

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At lunch time we worked out the sentence which

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is contained in this amendment, and we ask its adoption.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kiefer, do you have

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any comment?

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DELEGATE KIEFER: No.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any discussion?

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DELEGATE DUKES: Would you just explain what

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you are doing? I thought this is what we already had by

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law.

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DELEGATE MACDONALD: You may recall yesterday

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when we were discussing this, that the Committee on Style

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said it would like some clarification, whether we meant

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local law or general law when we said "by law", and we have

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clarified it by adding the sentence which is in the

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amendment, so that it would mean that if the General

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Assembly acts in this field it must do it by public general

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law, but at the same time the various counties throughout