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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.

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Delegate Scanlan.

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DELEGATE SCANLAN: I am sorry to report this,

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Mr. President, but there has been a complaint from some

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of the tavern keepers in Annapolis. They are very

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unhappy about the happy hour. They are accustomed to

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having it begin at five and not at half past one and

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they want you to know that.

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THE PRESIDENT: The Chair has a number of

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important announcements to make. They will have an

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effect on the proceedings this afternoon. I will ask

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vou to bear with me and pay very, very close attention.

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This way we can proceed in an orderly manner

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without anyone being caught unawares or being disappointed.

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Let me say at the outset that the fact that

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vou have on vour desk and had available here at nine

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o'clock this morning the third reading copy of the final

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text of the Constitution and the Schedule of Transitional

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Provisions was due entirely to the fact that not only

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did the print shop work around the clock, but that many

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members of the staff, the secretarial and professional