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constitutional lawyers here, if you have taken a look at
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the session we are now operating under, I would like to
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read it to you. It says the general assembly may con-
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tinue with session as long as in its judgment the public
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interest may require for a period not longer than 70
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days in each year. I wish somebody would tell me what
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that means .
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SENATOR JAMES: We interpret that as meaning
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possibly we couldn't count Saturday or Sunday.
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DELEGATE MANDEL: Does that mean consecutive
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days or 70 days during any calendar year?
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SENATOR JAMES: What's the language?
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SENATOR HUGHES: It doesn't say consecutive.
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MR. CLAGETT: It doesn't mean --
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DELEGATE HANDEL: Not longer than 70 days in
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each year.
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MR. CLAGETT: It doesn't necessarily mean
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consecutive.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Most of you are lawyers here.
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When you talk about the period for which a particular
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court serves, it will often give the number of days.
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