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practice this morning.

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We have a common-law right to records. It

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is a part of the common law of Maryland. This provision,

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it seems to me, abolishes the common-law right, and gives

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it exclusively in the hands of the general assembly.

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I contend that this is a step backward, and

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frankly is not in issue at issue. It is Mr, Kiefer's

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attempt to kill this thing by putting in something that

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doesn't mean anything. He doesn't mention anything about

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the meeting aspects, which is what we are trying to get at.

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I would suggest we would be better off without

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anything than to have this provision.

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As to the complaints he has with respect to

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amendment 24, I should point out that when our founding

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fathers met in Philadelphia they came up with the language:

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"No law shall be made respecting an establishment

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of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

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For example, does that permit Mormons to have

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more than one wife" Because you didn't pass a law

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prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Why, my God,

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this house would have crumpled.