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Delegate Bennett. Second.

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THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is seconded by

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Delegate Bennett.

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The Chair recognizes Delegate Scanlan to speak

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to the amendment.

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DELEGATE SCANLAN: I would like to yield to the

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chairman of the committee, who has a statement to make

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with Espect to the amendment.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kiefer.

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DELEGATE KIEFER: Again, Mr. Chairman, in an

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effort to speed up this matter — I don't know that there

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is strictly a conflict here, but there is a serious prob-

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lem with respect to the technical language of this section.

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It is taken verbatim from the present Constitution, and

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there is some question as to what needs to be done to retair

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the effects of it without cluttering up the Constitution.

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I would just like to read very briefly from a

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letter from John W. Ester, Professor of Law, University

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of Maryland, who at our special request considered this;

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He said: "Based on a long line of Maryland cases

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with which I am sure you are familiar, the Court of Appeals