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THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is offered by

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Delegate Moser and seconded by Delegate Hardwicke.

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The Chair recognizes Delegate Moser.

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DELEGATE MOSER: Mr. Chairman, this provision

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originally was a last sentence in one of the items of the

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Transitional Provisions relating to local government. It

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was, however, pointed out that the Legislature is empowered

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under the Suffrage and Elections Provision of the Constitu-

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tion to change the dates of county elections, and, accord-

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ingly, at our suggestion, this sentence was to have been

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moved into the Schedule of Legislation and out of the

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Transitional Provisions to enable the Legislature if they

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wanted to to amend the provision.

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Through inadvertence it was not typed with the

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Schedule of Legislation.

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What this does --it is self-evident, I think,

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what this does. It simply provides that the county elections

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held in November of 1970 shall be for those offices which

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are provided for in the county instrument of government,

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which will become effective on January 6, 1971, or for the

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county instrument of government that is already in effect.