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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hardwicke.

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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: Mr. Chairman, ladies and

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gentlemen, I want to point out that this Convention has

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supported the final recommendations of the ad hoc

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subcommittee on transitional provisions, consistently, and

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I don't think you should make an exception here.

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First of all, I want to point out that the

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only things that we can include in this schedule of

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legislation are matters which are urgent and important.

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Those two adjectives occur in section 17 of

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the implementing legislation, urgent and important. It must

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be so urgent and so important that they cannot wait until

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the next general Session of the legislature.

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Now, assuming that this amendment has all of

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the merit and all of the virtues which its proponents claim

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that it has, there is absolutely no reason that has been

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shown that this can't wait until the new session of the

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legislature in 1969.

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I think that the questions that have been

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directed toward the sponsors show that you have misgivings

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about it. They show that there is some difficulty in