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—authorizing _ the appointment of attorneys to serve as legal advisors for inmates in local jails. Under a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, inmates must be either furnished counsel or a law library to assist them in filing matters w ith the courts. Appointing attorneys to fulfill this requirement is the less expensive alternative.

—amending a provision on possession of burglarious tools, which now provides that the mere possession of tools is sufficient evidence for a felony conviction. The constitutionality of this section has been questioned, because it does not require prosecutors to show a defendant's intent to commit burglary in order to get a conviction on possession of burglarious tools. A conviction without such proof probably would not be upheld.

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