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convention. We felt there would be greater trust placed

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in a legislature that is going to be obviously more

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regularly apportioned and more responsible to the people.

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We here in this convention are trying to build up a

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stronger branch of government both in the Executive,

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Judicial and Legislative Departments and this would be

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one good basic example of the trust we have in the General

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Assembly we are trying to strengthen.

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We felt that the arguments for a twenty-five

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year mandatory submission would not only give greater

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trust and faith in the General Assembly, but that it

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would certainly help to give this constitution that we

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are adopting now a more liberal chance to settle down and

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iron the wrinkles out of the many problems that are going

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to arise in the transitional period from the Convention

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of the Constitution of 1867 to the one of the miracle

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Convention of 1967.

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We strongly urge that the committee recommen-

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dation be upheld because we have gone into this and heard

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witnesses from many sources on this area. It was the

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considered opinion of the General Provisions Committee