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to guarantee to future constitutional conventions that they

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shall have the same liberty, the same efficiency and same

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practicalness as we have had. I suggest you vote against

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this amendment.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer, the Chair wants

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to ask a question as to the meaning of this section in

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view of the comments made by Delegate Carson. He

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indicated that the sentence beginning on lines 16

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providing that a governor should appoint a commission

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within 60 days after approval, that is approval by the

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electorate of the calling of the convention, could be

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considered as limiting. Does the committee intend by the

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sentence beginning on line 16, that that shall be the only

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provision authorizing a governor to appoint a commission?

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DELEGATE BOYER: It was our intention to make

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this a directive to the governor that within 60 days,

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just as the language says, after approval by any source

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whatsoever, that the governor shall, without any option at

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all, shall appoint this commission.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Was it intended to prevent the

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governor from appointing such a commission even before an