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"And in line 29 strike out the word 'it' and in-

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sert in lieu thereof the words: 'the law, if suspendible,'."

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THE PRESIDENT: On the white copy, this amendment

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is on page 8, lines 7 and 16. There are two amendments

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here.

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The amendment offered by Delegate Koss, is it

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seconded?

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(The amendment was duly seconded.)

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THE PRESIDENT: The two amendments are clarifying.

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In line 20 the expression "the law of the General Assembly,"

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the amendment would change it to read "a law enacted by the

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General Assembly."

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The amendment is in the second sentence. It

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refers only to a law as the law referred to in the previous

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sentence, "suspendible." That is not a word of art so there-

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fore the second sentence would say, "If one-half the re-

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quired signatures are filed 30 days after it becomes

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law," strike the word "it" so it would read "the law if

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suspendible."

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The question arises on the adoption of Amendment

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17. A vote Aye is a vote in favor of the amendment. A