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am saying that the provisions of 23(a) are only procedural

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implementations of the power granted by article 11(e).

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THE CHAIRMAN: And you are saying that they

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have no power except that is derived from (e); is that

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correct?

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DELEGATE CARSON: I am saying that in reference

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to charter amendments, yes, Mr. Chairman.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Then I ask you as to the second

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question, and that is as to the right of this Convention

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to include it. Is it, conceding that it is a provision in

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the existing Constitution, that is, not being continued

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in the Constitution, is it one as to which legislation is

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imperative before the General Assembly can act?

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DELEGATE CARSON: In my opinion, Mr. Chairman,

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it is.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Why?

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DELEGATE CARSON: I think it is, if the

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Constitution is passed, and this language no longer exists,

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then the powers the municipalities, with regard to charter

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amendments, may possibly be held to have gone by the wayside

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until the General Assembly can thereafter act, and there