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clarity than to rely upon this phrase, "substantial com-
pliance"?
TtlE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I think it would be the
feeling of our Committee, Delgate riardwickc, that the items
covered by Section 3.17 are of such significance to the
proper operation of the General Assembly and the interests
of the public that although they may be technical and i
procedural, that they are sufficiently important to spell
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out in the Constitution. '
Now, it may well be that in order to implement
the constitutional language that there will be required
further rules, and certainly, we would contemplate that the
General Assembly could and would adopt such rules, but to
the extent that we desire to cover specific areas, we ,
believe that we would prefer and we do prefer to state what
the practice sliall be.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate llardwicke.
DELEGATE IIARDWICKL: I only raise the question as
to whether you really mean what you say when you say that it
is that important when you permit substantial compliance to
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