Last October, there was much controversy over whether the Assembly should allow the king to have the right of veto.

The Assembly, after all, will not allow mayoral control of the schools unless, as part of the deal, the schools get more money.

Like Mr. Pataki, the Assembly would allow fingerprinting of welfare recipients in all counties to prevent fraud.

The Assembly passed a biennial budget, but did not allow enough time in the session to reconvene and potentially override any of Fletcher's vetoes.

And the Assembly allowed that wider spirit of cooperation to continue and flourish.

As a means of alleviating overcrowding, the Assembly allowed private contractors to lease convict labor from the penitentiary.

Until these provisions were made, the Assembly allowed the priests to collect the tithes.

The Assembly of the People (comitia populi tributa) allowed the full participation of patricians, and was tribal in nature.

The Plebeian Assembly did not allow the participation of patricians, and was convoked only by a tribune of the plebs.

Nay, the last thing the Assembly would allow is a large group of free blacks let loose upon the countryside.