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They are merely housekeeping changes within the municipali-

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ties themselves. They cannot in any way add to the power

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that is given to them by the General Assembly or by this

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Constitution.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any further discussion? Delegate

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Macdonald.

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DELEGATE MACDONALD: Mr. President, fellow

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delegates, I rise in opposition to this amendment. I really

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don't understand it in the first place, and, secondly, if it

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does anything, it seems to me to add to the powers of

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municipal corporations.

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The Local Government Committee gave this more than

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adequate consideration, and we adopted three sections on

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municipal corporations, to give them powers, to place them

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under the General Assembly and say what powers they should

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i have and what functions they could perform.

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I read this section to grant them additional

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powers, if it does anything, and I don't think it is in

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keeping with the report of the Local Government Committee,

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which was adopted by this Convention, and I oppose it.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hardwicke.