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divided upon is that we not require that the adoption of a

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section must also have 72 votes.

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My inquiry is whether or not under these circum-

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stances a division which would result in our taking a vote

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upon a single section by itself is permissible.

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THE PRESIDENT: I am not sure I followed your

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reasoning. Will you state it again, please?

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DELEGATE CHABOT : The effect of the application

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of --

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THE PRESIDENT: May I please have order. It is a

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very important question.

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Delegate Chabot.

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DELEGATE CHABOT: The effect of the application

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of Rule 51 to the circumstances just now before us would re-

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quire that 72 votes -- 72 affirmative votes -- must be had

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before these single sections may be adopted. The purpose of

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the General Assembly and the purpose of our rules, especially

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since we just recently amended them, was to insure that as

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to adoptions of parts of this document, 72 votes would be

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required only in the case of the entire document and articles

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or divisions, and we specifically amended the rules to