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DELEGATE CLAGETT: I therefore urge you, with

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the utmost of sincerity of which I am capable, and

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having lived with this subject for now three years to adopt

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this amendment and to at least put some degree of level into

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the tracks of local legislation rather than to permit it to

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run rampant in the way in which it would now do, defeating

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entirely the accomplishment that the Local Government

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Committee feels that it has contributed to this Convention.

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There are more than fourteen members of the

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Local Government Committee behind this amendment, and I

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believe that actually on final count there will be fifteen

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members of the Local Government Committee, and we have

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carefully studied, we have spent hours, late into the

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night as well as through the days to try to give you the

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best of which we are capable. Please back us up on this.

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THE PRESIDENT: Any other delegate desire to

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speak in opposition to the amendment? Any other delegate

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desire to speak?

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Are you ready for the question?

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The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.

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The question arises on the adoption of Amendment