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Tuesday that we would have the signing ceremony. The

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reasons for this, of course, are mechanical, not merely

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the final check, but it is having the copy to be signed

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properly printed. It will be printed in proper form on

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parchment, bound, and several copies ready for execution.

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While there is no requirement in the enabling act that the

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Constitution be signed by all delegates, the officers felt,

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as announced some weeks ago, that all the delegates would

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certainly want to have their signatures appended to the

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Constitution and arrangements have been made accordingly

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to do this.

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There has been considerable discussion as to

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where the signing should take place. Some feel that since

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all of our endeavors have been in this chamber that we

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should have it in this chamber. Considerable feeling is also

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expressed for having the signing in the old Senate chamber,

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which is replete with so much in the way of tradition and

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history.

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We are trying to ascertain whether it is possible

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to have the ceremony in the old Senate chamber. When I

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say possible, I mean to arrange for the filming, that is,

the official filming for the Convention itself, the