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that a staff be retained to work with them in conjunction

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with the legislative program in connection with the new

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Constitution.

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The Attorney General's opinion, which was

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placed on your desk, which was dated December 26, sets

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forth the authority of this Convention to adopt certain

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post convention policies and authorizes certain post

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convention activities. This confirms the authority that

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we had assumed that we had had.

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The Resolution which was distributed refers to

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the mandate — In the Act it refers to the necessity to

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wind up the affairs of the Convention in an orderly and

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expeditious manner, and it refers to the necessity of having

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a staff and offices for a public information office as

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well as winding up the affairs of the Convention.

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The Resolution then provides we shall carry

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out that mandate. It authorizes the president and first

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and second vice president to continue to represent this

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bodv as thev have in the past. It provides in the event

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of any disabilitv of the president, the first vice

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president would serve in his place. It provides for the