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could always be an argument made regardless of what plan
was put forward that a more equal plan could be put forward
and possibly advance what would be generally acceptable,
so it was called to my attention if we use the sentence as
it begins on line 18 of pacre I , Section 3.02 which reads
"Natural boundaries and the boundaries of political
subdivisions shall be followed insofar as practicable", that
we were well running the risk that if anyone could come
in with another plan which followed a little more closely
natural boundaries and boundaries of political subdivi-
sions that we did run the risk that this so-called
nil-picking could take place and there would be every
possibility of upsetting of an otherwise acceptable plan.
i To make the sentence less of a mandate, we have
accepted a substitution of a sentence to have it read "due
I regard shall bo given to natural boundaries and politi-
cal subdivisions,", thereby removing the possibly serious
; use of the verb "practicable", and we are trying to get
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away from -the use of the practicable; consequently saying
"Due regard shall be given" has less of a mandate to
it and wo would hope that this particular anir"dment would
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