I have carefully examined the reports of the committees and every argument that has been submitted to me by the friends of the bill, but I can not bring myself to believe that the permanent welfare of the communities affected by it will be promoted by its passage.
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The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were appointed and qualified.
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