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House of Delegates have the power to impeach elected

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officials who are officials of a county or a municipality?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer?

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DELEGATE BOYER: I must confess that there is

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probably a gap in here. The General Provisions recommen-

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dation is silent on this point, and I think that one of

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our learned delegates with whom I have discussed this matte:

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has an amendment that will plug up any loop hole that

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might exist in this misinterpretation. I can assure you

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that there will be an amendment coming that will take

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care of local officials.

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DELEGATE BAMBERGER: I asked the question

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because of the ambiguity. On line 6 it talks about

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elected officials. It doesn't confine it to either state

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or lesser political subdivisions while on line 7 in

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talking about other state or other officers, and I

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presume by that it would mean appointed officers other

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than judges, it is confined to officers of the state.

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Then you get into an interpretation of what is

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a state officer.

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DELEGATE BOYER: I can assure you, and I