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that he needs something.

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Now, all I am urging is consistency. Now, if

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we are going the way of Delegate Scanlan, let us go that

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way. If we are going to recognize economic advantage in

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some, let us recognize it in all.

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I urge you to be consistent, and recognize the

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needs of the last group of people -- the consumer.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Marvin Smith.

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DELEGATE MARVIN SMITH: Mr. President, this

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grants no power that the General Assembly would not

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otherwise have. Now, I have before me the definition of

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police power from Black's approved law dictionary. Police

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power is d efined as an authority conferred by the American

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Constitutional system upon the individ ual States through

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which they are enabled to adopt such regulations as tend

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to prevent the commission of fraud, violence or other

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offences against the State, and in the arrest of criminals

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and secure generally the comfort, health and prosperity

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of the State by preserving the public order, preventing

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a conflict of rights in the common intercourse of the

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citizens and insuring to each an uninterrupted enjoyment