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Juxticea of the Peace 0. A, Randall, D. W. Clark. Qmncumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, (1. It. Kobinson, Win. HmearLmugh, It. J. Hopkins, (J. V. Watson, A. li. Kelly. Constable 1j. L. Znver, Collector W. H. Hood. fti-hool Director W. C. Imol, J. K. Clark, 8. M. Henry, CJ Jainloson, U. II. Ilium. FOREST COUNTY OFFICER, S. Member of Cong P, M. Hpeer. Member of Semite 3, 1C. P. Hall. Assembly W. J. Campbell. President Judge W. I). H inekloy. A ssocxat a Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph M- Morgan. rrothonolary , Register tt Recorder, te. -H. R. Maxwell. Hheritr Win. H. Hood. Treasurer W. H. Ura7.ee, CommiMrtoners Wm. H. Harrison, J. C. Hcowdmi, II. II. MeC'ellan. District Attorney M. A. Uarrlngor. Jury Commissioner 3 . H. Eden, A.M. Moore. Coroner Dr. M. O Kerr. County Auditors (Jeorgfl H. Warden, A. C. Uregg and S. V. (Shields. County iturveyor Koy 8. llrmlen. County Superintendent 3 . O. Carson, . Ittaulnr Term f Csurt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. 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RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tionesta, Pa. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TUB CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE) CITIZENS OF THJ3 COMMONWEALTH FOR THEtIM AP PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nine, section four, ol the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth, of Penn sylvania, authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the improve ment of the highways of the Com monwealth. Section 1. Be It resolved by tn Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed. In aevcordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: That section four of article nlns, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be creat ed by or on behalf of the State, ex cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress in surrection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency in rev enue shall never exceed, in the aggra grate at any one time, one million of dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies or rev enue, repel invasion, suppress insur rection, defend the State iu war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt creat ed to supply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, In the aggregate at any ona time, one million of dol lurs: Provided, however, 'mat the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the purpose of improv ing and rebuilding the highways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT MCAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating lubor. Section 1. Bo it resolved by th Senate and House or Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That tha following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amend ment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension, or impairing of liens: "Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: "Changing the names of persons or places: "Changing the venue ia civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing the laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, Btreets or alleys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or Incorporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: "Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: "Authorizing the adoption or legiti mation of children: "Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or vil lages, or changing their charters: "For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: "Granting divorces: "Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits, or school districts: "Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion of Bchool districts: "Changing the law of descent or succession: "Regulating the practice or juris diction of, or changing the rules of evidence in, any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, justices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the management of public schools, the building or repair ing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: "Fixing the rate of interest: "Affecting the estateB of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to he recited in the special enact ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moueyB legally paid Into the treasury: "Exempting property from taxation: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing: "Creating corporations, or amend ing, renewing or extending the chart ers thereof: "Granting to any corporation, asso. elation or Individual any special or ex clusive privilege or Immunity, or to any corporation, association or indi vidual the right to lay down a railroad "Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may be passed: "Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers and privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been provid ed for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for." o as to read as follows: Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension or Impairing of liens: Regulating the affairs of counties, cltle3, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: Changing the names of personB oi places: Changing the venue In civil or crim inal cases: Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining roads, high' ways, streets or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or In corporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and other States: Vacating roads, town platB, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing the adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or vill ages, by changing their charters: For the opening and conducting ol elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting. Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township HneB, bor ough limits or school districts: Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: Changing the law of descent or suc cession: Regulating the practice or jurisdic tion of, or changing the rules of evi dence in, any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, Jus tices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters In chancery or other tribunals, or pro viding or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judgments, or prescribing the ef fect of judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: Regulating the management of pub lic schools, the building or repairing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of Interest: Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the special enact ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: Exempting property from taxation: Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labcr, and make provision for the protection, welfare and safety of persons employ ed by the State, or by any county, city, borough, village, or other civil di vision of the State, or by any contract or or sub-contractor performing work, labor or services for the State, or for any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village or other civil division thereof: Creating corporations, or amending, renewing or extending the charters thereof: Granting to any corporation, asso ciation, or individual any special or exclusive privilege or immunity, or to any corporation, association, or in dividual the right to lay down a rail road track: Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a special law; but laws repealing local or spec lau acts may be passed: Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers or privileges In any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been pro vided for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT MCAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, ifroposing an amendment to section three of article eight of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (if the Senate concur), That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth articl thereof: Section 2. Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: "All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as circumstances may require. All the elections for Judges of the courts for the several judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be held on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Monday of No vember in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each Houbo consent ing thereto: Provided, That such elections shall always be held In an odd-numbered year," so as to read: Section 3. All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may bo elected at either a general or mu nicipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for judges of the courts for the several Judicial dis tricts, and for county, city, ward, bor ough, and township officers, for regu lar terms of service, shall be hbld on the municipal election day; namely, the TueBday following the first Mon day of November in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two thirds of . all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such elections shall be held in an odd-numbered year: Provided fur ther, That all judges for the courts of the several judicial districts hold ing office at the present time, whose terms of office may end in an odd numbered year, shall continue to hold their offices until the first Monday of January in the next succeeding even numbered year. A true copy of Concurrent Resolu tion No. 3. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. 1 Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section one of article nine of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania, relating to taxation. Section 1. Be It resolved by the State and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That tha following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. Amend section one of article 'nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levy ing the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or corporate profit, and institu tions of purely public charity," so as to read as follows: All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects, within the ter ritorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and col lected under general laws, and the Bubject of taxation may be classified for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, ex empt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or cor porate profit, and Institutions of pure ly public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of Pennsylvania. Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania In Gener al Assembly met, That the follow ing is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Article IX. Section IS. No obligations which have been heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be issued, by any coun ty or municipality, other than Phila delphia, to provide for the construc tion or acquisition of waterworks, subways, underground railways or street railways, or the appurtenances thereof, shall be considered as a debt of a municipality, within the meaning of section eight of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, if the net revenue derived from said property for a per iod of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same is constructed by the county or municipality, after the completion thereof, shall have been sufficient to pay Interest and sinking-fund charges during said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall be secured by Hens upon the respec tive properties, and shall impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties shall issue obliga tions to provide for the construction of property, as herein provided, said said municipalities or counties may also issue obligations to provide for the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said properties shall have been completed aft in op eration for a period of one year; and said munlctpaiitics and counties shall not be required to levy a tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by section ten of nrticle nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania, until after said properties shall have been operated by said counties or municipalities during said period of one year. Any of the said munici palities or counties may incur indebt edness in excess of seven per centum, and not exceeding ten per centum, of the assessed valuation of the taxable property therein, if said increase of indebtedness shall have been assented to by three-fifths of the electors vot ing at a public election, in such man ner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Advertised Article (is on in which tlra merchant himself has implicit faith else ha would not advertise It. You are safe in patronizing the merchants whose adi appear In this paper because their goods are up-to-date and never ahopworn. Q DOITNOW Snbacrlb lor THIS PAPER LID YANKED OFF LOT Lieutenant Becker Arrested For Rosenthal Slaying ilOSE, WEBBER, VALLOM TALK Gamblers, Cornered, Tell District At torney Whole Stor of Conspiracy Names of Murderers Are Learned Lieutenant Charles Becker was ar- rested and held by Judge Mulqueen in New York for murder in trio first degree after "Jack" Rose, Beck er's collector of gambling money, hail made an alleged confession that the police lieutenant had ordered him to have Herman Rosenthal killed. The arrest and arraignment of Becker followed swiftly alter Hoss story and the confessions of "Bridgle' Webber and Harry Vallon, who corrob orated Rose In important particulars. District Attorney Whitman for four hours pounded one against the other till thoy all broke down and said Rosenthal was shot down in front of the Metropole by a hired gang because Lieutenant Becker wanted it done. Rose's confession, the most vital of the three, detailed how Becker six weeks ago told him that Herman Ito enthal had lived too long, that Rosen thal had to be put out of the way and that the men who did the job had nothing to fear because he (Becker) was a power In the police department. So Rose spread tlfe word around. He did more. He sent for Big Jack Zelig and held a conference with the no torious gang leader of the Eastsido. Through Zelig, ranging downward through the strata of thugs and hired assassins, the arms were completed. The four men who pistoled Rosen thal by this arrangement were "Whitey" Lewis, "Lefty" Louis, "Dago Frank" and "(lip the Blood.' Rose admits that he rounded them up that night and saw that they were poised for the crime. Rose called Becker up by phone a few minutes after Rosenthal was dead on the sidewalk In front of the Metro pole. He told Becker that it was a horrible thing. He said it was more than he expected. II. i was frightened clear to his heart and he was afraid to stir without a word of confidence from his master. "Oh, don't worr. Ml protect you. Theie won't be m.icH fi,ss over this," was the answer. For two days after that Becker, !t Is alleged, kept in touch with Rose and assured him that there was nothing to fear. The bald gambler, who Included in his confession a frank statement that for a long time he had been collecting money from gambling houses not only for Becker but for officials higher up in the department, swears he did not know that murder was to be done. With these three confessions the district attorney and his advisers be lieve that they have already an un breakable case against Becker. But then they have the word that other confessions nre coming now that Rose has weakened. It can be said that every man now held for murder except Becker will be immunized if they tell the whole truth about the plot and its consum mation. When "Jack" Rose made the con fession that put Lieutenant Becker In the Tombs for the murder of Herman Rosenthal Rose said nlso that Becker had told him that $2,400,000 was the yearly police graft from gambling, dis orderly houses and other forms of graft. Rose swore that Becker had con fided to him the loot was divided among four polico officials Pecker himself, two policemen of higher rank and a minor official who does not wear a uniform. "Jack," said Becker, "the rakcoff Is so good that my own share was $600,000 and the others got the same." Rose does not think that Becker or any Individual pocketed $600,000 In any one year, but that Becker and bin connections were distributing agents and that the $600,000 each received was subdivided. There Is just one chance for Becker to save himself. Tho district attorney may conclude to deal leniently with the lieutenant If he can and will tell the truth about who else received the profits of blackmail. There Is not the slightest Indication that Becker will Vim Informer. On the contrary it is laid that the lieutenant's defense would be that Rose and Webber and Vallon had licit about him. M'ADOO VICE CHAIRMAN Democratic Manager McCombs Makes Announcement. William F. McCumbs, chairman of the Democratic national committee. announced that William McAdoo had been selected vice chairman of tho committee. The name of the treasurer of the national comnilltce and the makeup of the various committees which are iO assist the national committee will not be named until alter the formal noti fication of Governor Wilson. Predicts Looney World. Dr. Forbes Winslow prophesied at the eugenic congress in London that there would be more lunatics thin sane people ia the world 300 yeal hence. New York Police Qtticial Charged Witii ftirder 5W K.J 1 LIEUTENANT BECKER. BRANDED AS SOCIALISTS Wilson and Roosevelt Rapped by Taft in Notification Speech. President Taft was formally notified ft his renomination at the White House. In accepting the nomination the president delivered an address in which he outlined the issues in the coming campaign. The president declared that the preservation of the constitution and the maintenance of an Independent Judiciary constitute the supreme issue in thl3 contest and called on Republi cans and Democrats alike to join in combatting the menace offered by the candidacies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. The president asserted that both Roosevelt and Wil son are headed, toward socialism. "The truth is," said he, "both those who have left the Republican party under the inspiration of their present leader and our old opponents, the Democrats, under their candidate are going in a direction they do not delinitely know, toward an end they cannot definitely describe, with but one chief and clear object and that is of acquiring power for their patty by popular support through the promise of a change for the better." The president added that hostility to the judiciary and measures to take away its power and independence con stitute the chief definite policy that can fairly be attributed to that class of reformers "whoso absorption and control the Republican party escaped at Chicago and the Democratic party yielded to at Baltimore." The president did not mention Roosevelt by name In his entire ad dress, but it was full of Indirect refer ences to him and to his followers. In directly he referred to Roosevelt as a demagogue. Tho l'ayne-Aldrich tariff bill, Mr. Taft contends, has vindicated Itself. By its schedules the revision of tariff has been downward. The high cost of living is not peculiar to this country, the president continues, but world wide In extent. JUDGE DENIES CHARGES Speer Weeps as He Defends Himself From Bench. With tears streaming down his cheeks and with his voice broken hy sobs United States Judge Emory Speer at Macon, Ga., answered from the bench tho attack made on him as a judge by Colonel W. A. Huff, for ten years mayor of Macon and a member of the legislature. Huff hail demanded the impeachment of Judge Speer. Colonel Huff charges that the Judg has "improperly juggled" the Huff case, Involving $1."0,0(I0 In receiver ship proceedings, "for the financial benefit of himself, relatives, special lawyers and others" and committed other Improper acts. The popular feeling seems to bo en tirely with Colonel Huff and there is little doubt that congress will be asked to probe the charges. Already hun dreds are sif;nini a petition to get tho matter before congress. SPEED CAUSED DISASTER lo England's Titanic Wreck Commis sion Concludes. The report of Lord Mersey's Titanic wreck commission in England ex pressed the opinion tlnit exces sive speed caused the wreck und that the ai'iatmeiiieiils for the launch ing ami manning of the lifeboats were inadequate. It is held that Hie look out precautions against ico were In sufficient. The comiiiis.:i(Mi holds that Captain Smith, though l.e made a grievous error, cannot be held gui'ty of negligence. J. Bruce Ismay, it 's held, was under no moral obligation to remain on the Titanic as the only result would have been the loss of an other life. The third-class passengers were found to have been fairly treated In the lifeboats. The liner Cull fornian could have saved many lives, the report says. Anion!; the recommendations tho re port asks for the basing of lifesaving accommodations on steamships on the number of passengers and not on the steamship's tonnage. 1 f i ,v, ' (J -.sSVaJ 1 t f re VP STEEL REPORT -IS SUBMITTED Stanley Probers Recommend Legislation to Congress DISSOLUTION NOT MENTIONED Majority Report Would Separate Man ufacturing and Transportation Busi ness Completely Morgan Censured. The Stanley committee, which has been investigating the United States Steel corporation, sent In Its report to the house of representatives. All the Democrats on the committee signed It; of the four Republicans two agreed in one separate report and each of the others had his minority finding. One of the Democrats, Martin W. Littleton, signed the report, but re fused to concur in one of three recom mendations for remedial legislation ac companying it. In the majority report the steel cor poration is criticised without stint, but now here is the opinion expressed that it r.hould be dissolved. The com mittee finds that its enormous earn ings are due, "not to a degree of In tegration of efficiency not possessed by Its competitors, but to the owner ship of ore reserves out of all propor tion to Its output or requirements and to the control and operation of com mon carriers, divisions of rates and the liberal allowances obtained from other concerns through inequitable and inordinate terminal allowances." The three bills in which the recom mendations of the majority of the com mittee are embodied are: First, an amendment to the Sher man anti-trust act which would put tha burden of proof in an action for violation of the act upon the defendant corporations, would permit anyone to bring a suit in equity, Instead of leav ing such power in the hands of the government, where It Is at present, and would deline unreasonable re straint to be the control of as little as 30 per cent of the value of the total Quantity of any specified article. The second bill would prohibit rail road supply manufacturers, Including the makers of rails and structural steel and persons engaged In the min ing and sale of coal, from being di rectors or officers of railroads en gaged in interstate commerce. The third would make illegal the ownership of railways by industrial or mining corporations, firms, companies or officers. Martin W. Littleton. In his state ment explaining why he does not con cur In the first of these recommenda tions, says that tho bill Is Ineffective. Among other things contained In the report are: Garey-Carnegie plan of government control disapproved. Publicity prescribed as partial cure of evils. Would have commissioner o( cor porations report to congress as well as to president. "Watering" by J. P. Morgan and as sociates condemned. Gary dinners took place of pools. Colonel Roosevelt condemned for making trust control complete through Tennessee Coal and Iron transaction. Corporation declared foe of organ ized labor. Sahl to lower sociological conditions of employes. THREE BOATMEN DROWN Small Craft Run Down by Freight Steamer in Delaware. Three men were drowned when a boat in which they were riding was run down by a steamer in the Delaware river near Burlington, N. J. The dead aro Robert lleatherington, thirty-five years old; George Van Dine, thirty two, and John Scudder, twenty-nine, all of Bristol, Pa. According to the crew of the freight er the motor boat railed to display lights and ran directly across the path of the steamer. AT 81 WOMAN WANTS VOTE Californian Totters Into Court to Get Citizenship Papers. Sixty-four years a resident of Cali fornia and eighty-one years old, Mary Josephine Melvin, horn iu Ireland, tot tered Into court at San Francisco and filed her first papers to become a citizen. "1 have lived to see tho dawn of freedom for womn throughout tho world," she said, "and 1 want to vote before 1 die." Wanted For Murder; Commits Suicide. When detectives approached to place him under arrest James Cole man, a neiTio and former policeman of Philadelphia who was wanted on a charge of murder, committed sucido by cutting hia throat. Meanest Man. Edward Welihm was sent to tha county jail at Grand Rapids, Mich., to serve thirty days. Weldon attempted to steal ten cents from a blind man. Drying Wheat In Coke Ovens. The l.at robet'onnellsville Coal and Coke company is drying wheat from lla farms In Its coke ovens at Greens burg, Pa. Airship Travels 600 Miles. Zeppclin'i; latest airship, Uansa, suc cessfully completed a voyage of 509
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