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DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. President, fellow delegates,

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I hope at this point we don't regret having agreed to

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correcting the designation of our Committee as the

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Committee on Suffrage.

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First, may I ask unanimous consent in line 11

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to strike the word "named". That was an error in typing

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and retyping.

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THE PRESIDENT: Is there any objection to

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striking from line 11 of the amendment the word "named"?

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The Chair hears none. Consent is given. The

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modification is made.

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DELEGATE KOSS: At the time that S&E-l came

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to the floor, its accompanying memorandum stated that the

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consideration of the referendum and the recommendations

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of the Committee were based on the assumption that the

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legislature may pass only public general laws.

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In terms of the action of this Convention on

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Section 3.23, we now know that the General Assembly can

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pass laws which could apply to one or more counties. In

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view of the fact that our original recommendation contained

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no provision for referring laws that were applicable to