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whom there is no means provided.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bamberger.

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DELEGATE BAMBERGER: I am bothered then by how

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it would apply to any appointed officer because my recol-

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lection of the executive article is that the governor has

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the right to remove all of those appointed officials. If

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that is so, then I just think we might be more specific

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and really pin this where we want to pin this which is on

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elected state officials.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Grant.

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DELEGATE GRANT: It does apply to appointed

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officers, remember there is a dichotomy, the power of

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appointment carries with it the power of removal if it is

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an appointment for an indefinite term. If it is for a

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definite term, then it does not carry the implied power

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of removal. Then you get into the situation he serves

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at the pleasure of the appointed official then he may be

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removed whether his term is definite or indefinite. In

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the executive article we provide that the heads of the

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executive department shall serve at the pleasure of the

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government. For those 20 people the power of removal is
already implied in the Constitution. However, were some