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consistent was that we made an oversight.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate White.

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DELEGATE WHITE: I was just asking in good faith

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I wondered if that was the reason.

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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: In general we have followed

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the policy of not dividing the verb, so it is an oversight

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on our part.

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THE PRESIDENT: So that the Chair will be

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clear about it and everyone else will have the corrections,

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what are the changes you are now suggesting?

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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: He is saying that we said

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"may prescribe by law" in line 4, which is correct, and

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in line 20 and 21 we had split the verb, and it should not

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have been split. It should have said "shall prescribe

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by law".

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THE PRESIDENT: I am lost. In line 20 and 21,

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I didn't hear what you said.

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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: "Shall prescribe by law"

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rather than dividing the verb the way it now does.

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THE PRESIDENT: Is that the only other place?

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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: These are the only ones