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DELEGATE EMANUEL: I would subscribe to the

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present provision of the Constitution.

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THE CHAIRMAN: You would keep the clergy

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out?

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SENATOR HUGHES: Also on vacancies, first you

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have to decide whether it should remain in the same

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party, I think therefore the committees who are elected

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by the people in the county or the district are the

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bodies that guide the representation and should be the

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one that make the recommendation and their recommendation

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should be followed, because they are going to be a lot

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closer to the people that are going to be represented

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by this person than the Governor is .

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So, I like the present provision.

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DELEGATE MOORE: I agree with that provision.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Does anyone else want to comment

on that one?

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SENATOR JAMES: I have a rather strong feeling

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about that. However, I think John Hardwicke made a good

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point when he said if I man dies in the first or second

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year of a four-year term, certainly people are entitled