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could preclude committees from finishing up their impor-
tant business by not permitting them to sit. I think it
received the unanimous support of our Committee. Proposed
amendment to Rule 28, the rule that deals with the com-
mittees. Delegate Chabot had different language, but I
think the basic idea was that all committees should give
reasons for their reports and their recommendations. The
language we have recommended as the last sentence to
Rule 28 states, All committee recommendations shall be
accompanied by a concise written explanation of the
reasons for the committee's action.
I think that such an amendment is meritorious,
for two fundamental reasons. In the first place from
the point of view of the legislative history of this
Constitutional Convention, most of you have had occasion
to deal with problems arising under the 1867 Constitution,
and the Convention, especially those of you who are mem-
bers of the Bar, you are distressed, I am sure, have been
distressed by the paucity of legislative history that
accompanied the recommendations of that historic body.
They did not have in those days even written committee |
