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care of the child support provision. I could be in error.

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That is my impression.

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THE CHAIRMAN: I think you are. The amend-

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ment was made to section 3.8 because of the first

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clause, because of the way section 3.8 read before the

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amendment .

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In other words, the provision, the amendment as

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to imprisonment for non-support of children, was an amend-

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ment of section 3.8 of Article III.

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DELEGATE MACDONALD: I understand that fully,

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Mr. Chairman, but if we had no section 3.8 of

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Article III of the Constitution today, and the article

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was complet — and the matter was completely

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silent as far as the Constitution is concerned, I don't think

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a man could be imprisoned in the State of Maryland for debt.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate James.

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DELEGATE JAMES: Mr. Chairman, I think I know

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the legislative history of why the General Assembly amended

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the law by way of Constitutional amendment.

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My recollection is that problems used to occur

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where separation agreements under which husbands would