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voted Aye.

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause)

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Delegate Bushong.

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DELEGATE BUSHONG: Mr. President, I have been

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ill and missed a great part of this Constitutional Convent-

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ion, and I was unable to be here when the final vote was

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taken. I wish the record would show that had I been here

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I would have voted for the Constitution. (Applause)

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, sir.

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Delegate Churchill Murray.

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DELEGATE E. CHURCHILL MURRAY: While I was here

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on Saturday and able to vote at that time, due to illness

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I was not here on Monday and I should like the record to

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show that had I been here I would have voted for the

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Constitution.

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, sir. (Applause)

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Delegate Dukes.

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DELEGATE DUKES: Mr. President, I was unable to

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be present on Monday upon the taking of the final vote on

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the Constitution. It occurs to me that the time has come

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when any citizen of Maryland whether or not he be a delegate