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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.1

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                                     BY-LAWS

                                       OF

                             SIMMONS BEDDING COMPANY

              (P/K/A SIMMONS COMPANY; P/K/A SIMMONS HOLDINGS, INC.)


                            (A DELAWARE CORPORATION)


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                                   ARTICLE I

                                  Stockholders

         SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the
election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such date and time,
within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall
determine.

         SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the
transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting may be
called by order of the Board of Directors or by stockholders holding together at
least a majority of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the
meeting, and shall be held at such date and time, within or without the State of
Delaware, as may be specified by such order.

         SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the
stockholders shall be mailed or delivered to each stockholder not less than 10
nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special meeting shall
state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be
held.

         SECTION 4. Stockholder Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock
ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every
meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at
the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is
to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if
not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall
also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole
time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

         The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the
stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this
section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any
meeting of stockholders.

         SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of
business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record
of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. At
all meetings of the stockholders at which a quorum is present, all matters,
except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, shall
be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to
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holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have
been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent
withdrawal of any stockholder.

         SECTION 6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided
over by the Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman's absence the
Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Vice-Chairman's absence the Chief
Executive Officer, if any, or if none or in the Chief Executive Officer's
absence the President, if any, or if none or in the President's absence a
Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be
chosen by the stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by
proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary's
absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if
neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding
officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of
the meeting.

         SECTION 7. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. (a) At each meeting of
stockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy
appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such
stockholder's duly authorized attorney-in-fact (but no such proxy shall be voted
or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a
longer period), and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise,
shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the
name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable
record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At all elections of directors the
voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes cast there
shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes
cast.

         (b)      Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a
vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by the holders of record of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
the Corporation having a majority of votes that would be necessary to authorize
or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon
were present and voted, and the writing or writings are filed with the permanent
records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action
without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those
stockholders who have not consented in writing.

         SECTION 8. Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any
meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at
the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so
appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or
more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails
to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors
in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat.
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discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to
execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine
the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the
shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the
validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents,
hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the
right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the
result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with
fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting,
the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any
challenge, question or matter determined by such inspector or inspectors and
execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector or inspectors.

                                   ARTICLE II

                               Board of Directors

         SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of
Directors.

         SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director
shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a
citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The number
of directors constituting the entire Board shall be 2, or such larger number as
may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or Board of
Directors, one of whom may be selected by the Board of Directors to be its
Chairman. The use of the phrase "entire Board" herein refers to the total number
of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

         (b)      Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of
stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and
newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of
stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their
earlier resignation or removal.

         (c)      Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at
each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as
director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.

         SECTION 3. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by
law, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the
directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting
from time to time to another time and place without notice. The vote of the
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directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of
the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 4. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time
to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, or as may be specified
in the notice of meeting.

         SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of
stockholders, the newly elected Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of
the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without notice
immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which
such stockholders' meeting is held.

         SECTION 6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time
to time by resolution determine.

         SECTION 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer or President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

         SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and
the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given
to each director by mailing the same at least two days before the [special]
meeting, or by telegraphing or telephoning the same or by delivering the same
personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.

         SECTION 9. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the
Chairman, if any, or if none or in the Chairman's absence or inability to act
the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or if none or in the Chief Executive
Officer's absence or inability to act the President, or in the President's
absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of
Directors, or in such Vice-President's absence or inability to act a chairman
chosen by the directors, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall
act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in
the Secretary's absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as
secretary.

         SECTION 10. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon
written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon
receipt thereof by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary, unless
otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of
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         SECTION 11. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws,
vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death,
disqualification, removal, an increase in the authorized number of directors or
otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a
special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote
for the election of directors.

         SECTION 12. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a
meeting if all the directors consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                   Committees

         SECTION 1. Appointment. From time to time the Board of Directors by a
resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee
or committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall
have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in
the resolution of appointment.

         SECTION 2. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee
shall fix its own rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by
such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise
provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a
committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that
committee, and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a
majority of the members of the committee present shall be the act of the
committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings, and actions
taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 3. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be
taken without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent thereto in
writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings
of the committee.

         SECTION 4. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be
a director of the Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease
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                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    Officers

         SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall
elect the officers of the Corporation, which shall include a Chief Executive
Officer and a Secretary, and may include, by election or appointment, a
President, one or more Vice-Presidents (any one or more of whom may be given an
additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant
Secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may
from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as
may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.

         SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all
officers shall be one year and until their respective successors have been
elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office, either with
or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any
office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the
term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the
Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the
Board of Directors shall provide.

         SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time
upon written notice to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect
upon receipt thereof by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary,
unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to
removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire
Board.

         SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of
Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time
be assigned by the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 5. Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer shall
have such duties as customarily pertain to that office, including the
implementation of the policies of the Corporation as determined by the Board of
Directors, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be
assigned by the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 6. President. The Board of Directors may designate a President.
The President shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office,
including the general management and supervision of the property, business and
affairs of the Corporation and shall have such other authority as from time to
time may be assigned by the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 7. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in
the name of the Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments
pertaining to the regular course of the duties of said office, and shall have
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from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors, the President or
the Chief Executive Officer.

         SECTION 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties
incident to the position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned
by the Board of Directors, the President or the Chief Executive Officer.

         SECTION 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all the
duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be
assigned by the Board of Directors, the President or the Chief Executive
Officer.

         SECTION 10. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such
powers and duties of the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer
or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                Books and Records

         SECTION 1. Location. The books and records of the Corporation may be
kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the
Board of Directors or the respective officers in charge thereof may from time to
time determine. The record books containing the names and addresses of all
stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates
when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the
Secretary as prescribed in the By-laws and by such officer or agent as shall be
designated by the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 2. Addresses of Stockholders. Notices of meetings and all other
corporate notices may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at
the stockholder's address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

         SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. (a)
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice
of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the
Board of Directors may fix a record date which record date shall not be more
than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date
is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given,
or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the
day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any
adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may
fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

         (b)      In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders
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Directors may fix a record date which date shall not be more than 10 days after
the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the
Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors,
the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of
Directors is required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent
setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the
Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal
place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of
the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery
made to the Corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by
the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by
this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent
to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking
such prior action.

         (c)      In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment
of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of
any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other
lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date which record date
shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed,
the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at
the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                         Certificates Representing Stock

         SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation
shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of
the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any
or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such
resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such
certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of
such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented
by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be
entitled to have a certificate, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by
the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or
Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares
registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any such certificate
may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall
have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect
as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
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holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such
shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

         SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions
restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any,
shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation
only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares,
properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

         SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be
required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to
effect authorized transactions, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair
value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such
fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer form
over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of
its agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip
shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein
provided.

         The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such
rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer
and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

         SECTION 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may
issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued
by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of
Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or
his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify
the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the
alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of
any such new certificate.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                                    Dividends

         Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full power to determine whether
any, and, if any, what part of any, funds legally available for the payment of
dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division
of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly
within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be
required at any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such
funds among or to the stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment
of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation
available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to
time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any
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to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or
abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  Ratification

         Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of
authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of director,
officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of
improper principles or practices of accounting, may be ratified before or after
judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified
shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been
originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the
Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or
execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   Fiscal Year

         The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject
to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of
Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

                                   ARTICLE X

                                Waiver of Notice

         Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the
person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                     Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.

         SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts
as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the primary financial officer or
any person designated by said primary financial officer, whether or not an
employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or
maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary
or appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according
to the check of the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of
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         SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person
or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or
execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other
obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to
specific instances.

         SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The
Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any other person
designated by any of them shall have the power and authority to execute and
deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the
Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership
of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed
and delivered by any of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at
any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold
stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights
and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or
otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such
person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon
any other person.

         SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the
primary financial officer or other fiscal officer and/or the Secretary or any
other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to stockholders entitled
thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case may
be, which may be required by any provision of law.

                                  ARTICLE XII

                                   Amendments

         The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal
By-laws. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed,
and new By-laws made, by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe
that any By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the
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