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and I certainly would oppose Mr. White's amendment.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Gill.

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DELEGATE GILL: Mr. President and fellow

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delegates, I wish to support Delegate White in his amendment,

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As Maryland is supposed to be the United States in miniature,

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that includes a part of Maryland being a part of the South.

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Even though in Baltimore City and in many places in Maryland

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I don't think a person would have trouble securing a bond

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because of race, color or national origin, there are some

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places in Maryland where it might happen, and in this day am

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age I don't think it is necessary to have it in our

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constitution that a bond is necessary. The Legislature

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will take care of that as it has done in the past.

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I am familiar with the incidents that happened

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in Mississippi. From the paper, I notice that Maryland

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Casualty, and I think one other company in Maryland, had

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the courage to underwrite these people who were trying, to

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be installed after being elected by the people, and I

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think in every case the people who were prevented from

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being installed after being elected were simply for the

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job of supervisor, nothing great and big and grand and