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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Burdette.

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DELEGATE BURDETTE: I have been one who felt

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this did not border on style because I had thought that the

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intent of such a motion could be construed, and I ask the

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intent, to avoid any constitutional authority to regulate

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billboards and other man-made effects upon the scenic

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beauty of the State, and I should like to query whether this

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substantive change is implicit in the language proposed.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Mentzer.

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DELEGATE MENTZER: I am sorry. I don't under-

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stand.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Mentzer, I think what

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Delegate Burdette is saying is that, does the amendment

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have the effect or is it intended to have the effect to

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restrict the General Assembly to regulating natural beauty

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of the State as distinguished from scenic beauty affected

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by man-made objects, as for instance, billboards. Does

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this amendment deprive the Legislature of the right to

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prevent or regulate billboards?

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DELEGATE MENTZER: No, sir.

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THE PRESIDENT: I take it, so that the intent