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be granted and exercised only upon a showing of immediate
and urgent necessity.'"
DELEGATE CLARK: The Chair recognizes Delegate
Weidemeyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. President and members
of the Convention, I do not want to take up a lot of
your time. I think this is a good amendment and it should
be adopted. As I pointed out in presenting it, this does
not cover corporations that have had authority in the
past. It only covers from now on into the future and
since the committee recommendation in regard to taking
by the state for public use allows the quick take then
when they have the same authority to grant to private
corporations then we should not give a general and con-
tinuing authority and that any corporation who wants
I condemnation authority and can show the need for it to
the legislature or the board or the county which grants
it, and the county can then and should under this amend-
] ment limit the power of condemnation and the right to do
the condemning for the time reasonaM necessary to do the
condemning, and, in any event, not to exceed three years.
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