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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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when deciding whether or not to include this in the

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Constitution. In deciding whether to include it in the

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new Constitution, it seems to me that we have to keep

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in mind that we want a well organized Constitution. We

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intend to have great improvement over the organization

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of the Constitution itself as well as the provisions.

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We don't want any obvious inconsistencies which have

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grown up over the years since some of these provisions

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in the Constitution were first inserted into the

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Constitution.

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I say it is very inconsistent for the

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Constitution to say that you can't have a lottery grant

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and not at the same time to say you can't have pari-

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mutuel betting at the race tracks, because if the

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importance of this provision is such that it ought to

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be in the Constitution, then certainly there ought to be

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some consistency. If it is important that gambling of

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this type be outlawed, then there ought to be some

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consistency and there ought to be other types of

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gambling outlawed in the Constitution. Other provisions,

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perhaps bookrcaking or provisions, yes, of pari-



 
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