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alone. That would mean, to come back to my illustration,

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that if we had one section on which a division was called

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for that provided how members of the General Assembly were

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to be elected, the Chair would have to rule that it was

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not divisible because if it alone were adopted and the

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remaining portions of Article III were not, there would be

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no provision for a General Assembly, but you would have

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a provision for election of legislators to a non-existing

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General Assembly. This would not make sense.

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The net result is that on such examination of the

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entire Constitution, as the Chair has been able to give, I

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do not think it is possible to have a division of any

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section from any article with the possible exception of

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some sections in Article I, possibly some in Article X,

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possibly some in the Schedule of Transitional Provisions,

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and some in the Schedule of Legislation.

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This is importnat because it means that if you

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desire to present separately some question as to a

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particular section, your only real opportunity to do so is

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when the section is open for amendment at which time you

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can submit an amendment.