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THE PRESIDENT: The Convention will please come

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to order.

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The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.

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Will the Sergeant at Arms please get every

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delegate in the chamber promptly.

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The Convention will please come to order.

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Sergeant at Arms, are there any delegates in the

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lounge?

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SERGEANT AT ARMS: No, they are all in.

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THE PRESIDENT: The difficulty that the Chair had

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with respect to the parliamentary question arises out of the

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combination of the enabling act requiring an absolute

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majority on every article or division and the requirement of

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our rule that each article be submitted separately. The

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Chair felt that in all probability the procedure followed

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with respect to Article 6 having the two separate votes and

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not resubmitting the entire article to a vote was proper.

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The Parliamentarian feels very strongly that it was proper,

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but because the question is one of such vital importance and

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we do not want any question to be raised as to the legality

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of adoption, the Chair proposes to submit it to you for