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honesty or principles or good morals if performed by virtue

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of or under authority of an office and incompetency in-

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cludes any physical moral or intellectual qualities which

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incapacitates an officer to perform his duty. The incom-

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petency must be one which has arisen since and did not

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exist prior to the election.

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These are the two words that are used in the

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old Constitution, they are the two words of broadest defi-

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nition in the lexicon of the impeachment victim.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Case.

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DELEGATE CASE: Mr. Chairman, with your indul-

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gence and the indulgence of the Committee of the Whole, I

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think this is such a far-reaching and encompassing sug-

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gestion, that I would beg leave to ask Delegate Grant a

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few more questions because I am confused as to what this

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covers.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Very well, you may.

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DELEGATE CASE: You say it does not cover the

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judiciary, it does not cover the legislative branch.

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You have established with Delegate Bamberger that it does

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not cover the heads of departments whom the governor can