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circulated included the definition of two of those terms.

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"Misconduct in office: includes willful malfeas-

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ance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, and any act involving moral

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turpitude or contrary to justice, honesty, principles or

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good morals, if performed by virtue of or under the

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authority of the office."

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"Incompetency is any physical, moral or intellec-

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tual quality which incapacitates an officer to perform his

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duties. The incompetency must be one which has arisen

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since and did not exist prior to the election of the officer

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sought to be removed."

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So if a particular parson was elected and he

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had those defects when he was elected, it is assumed that

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the people had full knowledge of those defects, and they

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are willing to be governed by the person as such. They

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elected him.

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Now, my amendment deals in very broad terms.

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First of all, it gives to the General Assembly the power

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which the people have got to give to somebody to set up

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a system for the removal of officers. It provides for

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an investigation, it d oes not say how this investigation