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the General Assembly may call a Consititutional Convention

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without reference to the people. I wonder if you would

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elaborate a little on the committee's rationale behind

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that provision since it is not in our present law and has

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inherent in it a good many dangers.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Adkins, I couldn't

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hear what you said. It is certainly something about our

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present law.

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DELEGATE ADKINS: I think it is unlike our

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present that the the General Assembly can call a

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Constitutional Convention without referring it to the

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people for ratification. I find this troublesome.

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would simply like reassurance as to their reasons for

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the situation.

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DELEGATE BOYER: We found there is a recent

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case decided by the Court of Appeals, Board of Election

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Supervisors v. Attorney General of Maryland decided

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1967, which states authority to call a convention is

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inherent in the state legislature. This spells out

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the present case law on the subject.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Adkins, the Chair