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not more than three minutes, and then somebody would move

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the previous question.

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Is that acceptable?

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Is there any objection to the amendment proposed

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by Delegate Weidemeyer, notwithstanding the fact that it is

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not printed? The Chair hears none. The proposed amendment

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is to change the word "five" in line 26 on page 4 to the

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word "three". It has been offered by Delegate Weidemeyer.

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Is there a second.

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(The motion was duly seconded)

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THE PRESIDENT: The Chair recognizes Delegate

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Weidemeyer for not more than three minutes.

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. President, I will

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try to hold it down to that, but I think it is more

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obvious now than when we considered this matter before, that

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three percent is not thelogical figure to place in there.

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That is the number that we have had in our Constitution,

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and when we were adopting a new Constitution — and there

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are many, many new features, and there will be a raft

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of legislation, certainly somewhere along the line, and

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in many instances, the legislature may pass some acts which