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AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE

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Second Printing, April 1997

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The National Laws Commission acknowledges with gratitude the contributions made since the 1981 publication by the following members of the national Laws Commission who died during the years of preparation of the new Laws: B. Jay Becker, Easley Blackwood, Sam Gold, Charles Goren, Lee Hazen, Oswald Jacoby, Robin Mac Nab, Don Oakie and Jerome Silverman. Grateful acknowledgement also is accorded to the late Colin Harding of Great Britain, chairman of the Card Committee of the Portland Club, who was a major contributor to these Laws.