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for this kind of problem, and it was our express intention

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that where a statute gave a procedure, set up a mechanism,

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that simply because that mechanism or procedure was adopted

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pursuant to a provision of the prior Constitution, that

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the mechanism or procedure was not invalidated and was

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not in any way less lawful under the new Constitution.

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Frankly, I am perfectly satisfied that the

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thing probably doesn't do anything, but in the final analysi

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if you vote it in you are just cluttering up the

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Constitution. I think we could have put in a dozen or more

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provisions like it on the same philosophy of scare, fear,

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fright, that we might be leaving something out, and I still

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oppose the amendment.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Are you ready for the question?

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Delegate Clagett.

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DELEGATE CLAGETT: I have one question to ask

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the Chair:

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Is it not true that by Article 23(a), which

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incorporates 11(e) of the Constitution, and where we keep

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23(e) alive, but likewise keep alive those provisions which

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are incorporated in it from 11(e)?