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measures to preserve this continuity during
such an emergency."
It is to make clear the limitations on the
General Assembly, and yet to note it is
only the General Assembly by law which
can prescribe any measures to preserve
continuity thus embodied in the constitu-
tion.
(At this point, Vice-President William S.
James assumed the chair.)
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Are
there any questions for purposes of clari-
fication ?
Delegate Winslow.
DELEGATE WINSLOW: Mr. President,
under this article, who has power to sus-
pend the constitution ?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: Any action
that may be taken on the constitution at
all is by the General Assembly, by law.
DELEGATE WINSLOW: By law?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: Yes, sir.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Dele-
gate Needle.
DELEGATE NEEDLE: Going to section
10.03, the last sentence, I believe one of
your style and drafting rules is to avoid
reference to another section, is it not?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: You are
correct.
DELEGATE NEEDLE: Can you tell us
why in this instance you do refer to an-
other section with regard to the manner
in which the product of a constitutional
convention is adopted by the voters ?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: The reason it
was proposed this way was to reduce the
amount of space. But it is, I grant you, in-
consistent with what we have said previ-
ously.
DELEGATE NEEDLE: Let me ask you
another question about section 10.03.
The sentence beginning on line 32 refers to
a period of time after a convention has
been called with regard to the time during
which a governor shall appoint a commis-
sion, whereas the prior sentences refer to
the calling of a convention by the General
Assembly and the approval of the calling
of a convention by the voters, as if these
are two different procedures.
Why in that sentence starting on line 32
do you refer only to a convention being
called?
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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: Well, it is
called after approval by the voters, or it is
called by the General Assembly. In either
case, it is the calling of a convention, so
that there should be no problem with the
60 days after that calling, because, if you
will note, in line 29 the General Assembly
may submit the question of calling a con-
stitutional convention to the voters any
time, so that the voters in that instance
would be calling the convention.
I do not .think there is a problem, Dele-
gate Needle.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Dele-
gate Willoner.
DELEGATE WILLONER: Mr. Chair-
man, getting back to section 10.02, I think
this may be a question on substance, but
why is the constitutional amendment pro-
vided for by an affirmative vote of the
majority of all members of a constitutional
convention ?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: That is cer-
tainly a question of substance and should
go to Delegate Boyer, I think.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Dele-
gate Boyer, do you wish to answer that
question ?
DELEGATE BOYER: I would be very
happy to answer any questions. I just won-
der if this is the appropriate time to do it,
while we are on the style.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): It does
not really relate to style.
DELEGATE WILLONER: Well, we have
made it a practice to ask these questions
on style.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Well,
I do not see too much difference. Do you
wish to answer the question at this time,
Delegate Boyer?
DELEGATE BOYER: Would you repeat
the question?
DELEGATE WILLONER: Why do you
have a provision for an amendment to the
constitution by an affirmative vote of a ma-
jority of all members of a constitutional
convention?
DELEGATE BOYER: By an affirmative
vote of what?
DELEGATE WILLONER: Of a majority
of all members of a constitutional conven-
tion.
DELEGATE BOYER: You mean on
lines 2 and 3, on page 2?
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