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something for them to do. I would oppose this amendment.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Moser.

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DELEGATE MOSER: Mr. Chairman, I rise in favor

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of this amendment, and I hope possibly to answer some of

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Delegate Miller's doubts about it and to -- and I hope I

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can persuade her to vote for it and anybody else who has any

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doubts. It is merely a perfecting provision, and Delegate

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Grant described it I think fairly well, but I point out that

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every one of these items that we are approving, Schedule of

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Legislation of the General Assembly, they could pass if they

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wanted to, but this is an item which I think falls into the

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first category that Delegate Hardwicke explained as being an

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item appropriate for the schedule. That is to say, an item

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which is in a section of the prior Constitution, which

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section of the prior Constituion is not itself being carried

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forward, but which section of the prior Constitution is

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necessary to carry forward as a schedule of legislation.

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Now, the General Assembly can always amend this,

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but it is necessary to carry forward in order to authorize

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the municipalities to amend their charters, and if the

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General Assembly did not within a sufficient period of time