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to the Schedule of Transitional Provisions?

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Delegate Cardin.

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DELEGATE CARDIN: Mr. Chairman, I have no amend-

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ment to offer. However, I wish to clarify something I

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questioned yesterday in the informal questioning period.

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In section 24, page 26, line 4, line 12, and

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line 15, the terminology "spouse" is used.

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In line 4 it is used "the spouse". In 12 and

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15 it is "his spouse". I would like to make certain

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for the record that in the event the judge is of feminine

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gender it would also mean "her spouse".

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THE CHAIRMAN: Which page is this?

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DELEGATE CARDIN: Page 26.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Penniman is not here.

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I hesitate to speak for the Committee on Style, but it

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seems to me that there was a statement made earlier that

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the pronoun "his" means his or hers, as appropriate.

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Delegate Hardwicke, can you make a statement

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about that?

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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: It was our intention that

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the phrase "his spouse" should embrace the