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Court of Appeals that held that without legislation or

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without constitutional provision, that they could not

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imprison persons for contempt of court, for failure to

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pay alimony in support of children.

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For that reason, I imagine that this provision

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was presented to the people in 1950 and again in 1962 and

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it is of rather recent origin and has been recently approved

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by the people.

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Now if you would delete this, if you would want to

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delete this, then you would have to make certain that

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transitory provisions were written in which gave the right

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to imprison for failure to comply, a man's failure to comply

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with his duty to society, namely, to support his wife and

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children.

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Are there any questions on that?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any questions?

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Delegate Moser.

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DELEGATE MOSER: Delegate Weidemeyer, did

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you all consider the problem of imprisonment for non-

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support of an indigent parent?

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I think that that is an imprisonable offense.