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the State because we don't know what it is going to cost.

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We are aware of the fact that it is going to cost a great

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deal, and in my opinion if we would delete this section from

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the Constitution, we would pick up far, far, far more votes

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than we would lose if we would leave it in. Let us keep

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the issue as clear as we possibly can.

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This section, if we leave it in the Constitution

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neither prohibits nor permits slot machines. It hasn't a

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thing to do with slot machines or gambling of any type. The

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only thing it prohibits is a State-operated lottery. It

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just prohibits the citizens of this State to possibly raise

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the necessary funds in the future, in the distant future I

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submit, to pay for this Constitution and to pay for the

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provisions of this Constitution.

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I earnestly urge you to delete this section from

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the Constitution.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate James Clark.

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DELEGATE JAMES CLARK: Mr. President and members

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of the Convention, I rise to ask you to keep this provision

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in the Constitution. I would like to emphasize and under-

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score the statements made by my colleague from ilarford