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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Ulrich.

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DELEGATE ULRICH: Mr. President and ladies and

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gentlemen of this Convention, I implore you to leave this

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in the Constitution. I am a resident of this county. It is

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a gambling county. The gambling in this county has been a

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cancer on our growth. I sat in the balcony the night the

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slot machine bill came up for a final vote. I know who was

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in the balcony. Delegates on this floor were afraid for

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their lives when they voted to phase out the slot machines.

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Since the phaseout bill there has been watering down, and,

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believe me, ladies and gentlemen, I will believe that those

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slot machines are gone when they are gone. They are supposed

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to be gone by the 1st of July of this year. I will believe

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it when they are gone, not before.

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implore you to leave this in the Constitution.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Johnson.

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DELEGATE JOHNSON: Mr. President and ladies and

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gentlemen of this Convention, I am neither for or against

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a lottery, but I am unequivocally opposed to putting a ban

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of this type into our Constitution. In my very humble

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opinion, this Constitution is in trouble in certain areas of