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THE CHAIRMAN: Is there a second?
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MR. KELVIN: I second it.
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THE CHAIRMAN: All in favor. All opposed. A yes
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have it.
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I think that moves us on forward to a further
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consideration of matter contained in the first report which
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in part has been acted upon by the Commission as a whole.
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There you will recall we dealt with the compulsory home
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rule. That is, home rule for all of the counties and in-
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corporated towns, through a broad grant of power in the
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constitution.
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We have during subsequent meetings attempted
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to further understand what we meant ourselves by providing
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for a broad grant of power to the home rule unit in the
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constitution. I think we were pretty well launched along
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the line of a broad grant defined as any and all power
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except as restricted by the constitution or by the charter
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of the particular home rule unit or by general purpose
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legislation.
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We were skating along in that direction until
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a more or less reversal of the thinking began to take
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