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amend our own rule so as to relieve our-
selves of this unnecessary restriction on
third reading.
All sections have been considered in ex-
tensio. We are on the verge of third read-
ing. Let us just require that each article
be approved by a majority, and then, of
course, the entire draft Constitution would
have to be approved by the majority of the
delegates.
That is the purpose of Resolution 29, and
I move its adoption.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Ross.
DELEGATE KOSS: May I address a
question to Delegate Scanlan?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Scanlan,
do you yield to a question?
DELEGATE SCANLAN: Yes.
DELEGATE KOSS: If the Convention
amends Rule 59 as proposed, would that
preclude the division of any article if the
Convention would so desire, so that it might
be voted on separately?
DELEGATE SCANLAN: Rule 51 now
requires divisions if it is requested and the
matter is divisible. I think that would have
to be dealt with as we faced it. But this
rule would not affect that rule.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any further
amplification?
The division is made upon request. The
decision by the Chair that the question is
divisible does not require a vote.
Is there any further discussion?
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises upon the adoption
of Resolution No. 29. A vote Aye is a vote
in favor of the resolution. A vote No is a
vote against.
Cast your vote.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 105 votes in the affirmative
and 0 in the negative, the motion is carried
and Resolution No. 29 is adopted.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Rollins.
Delegate Rollins, I am sorry I fell for
that.
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(Laughter.)
The Chair is advised that you have an
amendment and a motion you desire to
make with respect to it.
DELEGATE CARSON: Mr. President, I
would like at this time to move that the
necessary interfering rules be suspended
so that amendment marked A in your pos-
session may be considered; and I would re-
quest that that amendment be distributed
so that the people, the members of the
Convention, could intelligently vote on the
motion to suspend.
THE PRESIDENT: The pages will
please distribute Amendment A.
While we are waiting for that, Delegate
Clark has passed up to the Chair a copy of
the newspaper notice. The funeral estab-
lishment from which Delegate Malkus'
father is being buried is not in Cambridge
as I announced yesterday, but is located at
263 South Conkling Street in Baltimore. It
is the Zeneno Funeral establishment.
This will be Amendment No. 17. The
Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 17
to the draft constitution S&D-9 as revised
on second reading by Delegates Carson,
Cardin, Case, J. Clark, Gallagher, Hanson,
Henderson, Kiefer, James, Marion, Morgan,
Mudd, Schloeder, Sherbow, and Winslow:
On page 1-1, section 1.04, Fair Treatment
in Investigations, in lines 47 and 48 strike
out the following words: "legislative or ex-
ecutive investigations" and insert in lieu
thereof the following words: "any investi-
gation conducted by any governmental unit,
or any of its departments or agencies".
THE PRESIDENT: The questions arises
on the motion to suspend all interfering
rules to permit consideration of Amend-
ment No. 17 to section 1.04, as adopted on
second reading.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of suspen-
sion of rules. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 92 votes in the affirmative
and 1 in the negative, the motion is carried
and the rules are suspended.
The question now arises on the adoption
of Amendment No. 17, submitted by Dele-
gate Carson, seconded by the co-sponsors.
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