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decision showed that lottery did not include bingo.

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As it stands now, this proposal does these

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things. Neither the State nor any unit of a local govern-

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ment shall operate or authorize a lottery for the purpose

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of financing any expense of government.

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Mr. Miles' statement, and I have a great deal of

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respect for Mr. Miles, I did not read it as having the same

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meaning that Delegate Bamberger had, but as I recall it, it

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was something along these lines that it wouldn't stop the

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local subdivisions or the State from authorizing private

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lotteries.

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Now if the local subdivisions or the State are

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going to allow churches to continue with bingo, they have

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already done it. They know now it is not included in

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lottery. I could not conceive of local subdivisions since

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they could not raise the money for themselves authorizing

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somebody else to have a lottery for his own private benefit,

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I doubt if they would remain in office very long. If the

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State Legislature can't raise money by a lottery for some

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so-called educational purpose so that they would hope the

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burdens of what the costs of this Constitution would be