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for now and was by no means guaranteed to survive. In 1868173 and 1874174 when further disputes arose concerning money bills several members asked if the compact was still in existence and operative. George Strickland Kingston who had negotiated the compact on behalf of the Assembly indicated in 1878 that the agreement was unfortunate and that he sincerely hoped that the resolution passed by the Assembly in November 1857 would be rescinded.175 This was a suggestion that did not take hold in the Assembly even though Kingston suggested that the resolution should be dispensed with, but that would require a further resolution of the Assembly to repudiate the compact, a measure other members were unwilling to adopt.