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a section that therefore an interpretation of Rule 51,

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which permits the division of the question so that under the

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enabling act 72 votes would be required, is improper. In

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other words, that the question cannot be divided.

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Is that your point, Delegate Chabot?

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My difficulty is that while you state the purpos^

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of the amendment was to avoid this particular problem, the

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Chair does not conceive or that certainly that was not its

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only purpose. The real purpose was to avoid the necessity

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of submitting to separate vote each and every section of

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the Constitution.

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The question of whether Section 51 should remain

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notwithstanding the Amendment of 59 was considered and no

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amendment was offered deliberately. The Chair therefore

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feels that the division is proper. If the division is

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proper, then unquestionably under the enabling act the vote

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of 72 votes is required.

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The Chair has some concern about another question

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not related to either of those.

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(Whereupon, the Convention suspended for a few

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minutes.)