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the floow to yield to a question?

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DELEGATE .KOSS: Yes, sir.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Fox.

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DELEGATE FOX: In regard to the requirement in

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the last two lines of that section, "may be required by law

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to furnish an appropriate bond" -- the thought occurs to me

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in view of recent happenings in Mississippi, I believe it is

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Mississippi, whether or not that is really a proper

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requirement or whether or not that is a property requirement

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that ought not to be in the constitution.

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It seems to me it makes the situation that a

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private bonding company then has the right to determine

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whether or not someone who is elected to office can in

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fact take office after the voters have elected him to

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office; if he is required to file a bond and a private

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bonding company decides they don't want to post a bond for

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him, he might thereby be denied the office that he was

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seeking.

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I wondered if any thought had been given to

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that in view of the situation that has occurred here in

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the last few weeks or so.