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DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. Chairman,
I do not want this Committee of the Whole
to be under the impression that all dele-
gates from Montgomery County are in
favor of this amendment.
Now it seems to me, there are a lot of
people that moved into Montgomery County
from other places. They moved into Mont-
gomery because Montgomery County was
what it was. It had a lot of open spaces,
lot of countryside; it is a beautiful county.
It actually costs the people in the county
area, Silver Spring, Bethesda, Chevy Chase
— a guy with a $30,000 house, assessed
at $30,000, about $39 a year to support the
farm assessment in Montgomery County. I
think that $39 a year is worth it to him.
If he wants a different kind of environ-
ment, I think maybe he better move some-
place else. But in my opinion, the $39 a
year he pays for the farm assessment in
Montgomery County is well worth it. I hope
this amendment is defeated.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are you ready for
the question?
(Call for the question.)
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
The question arises on adoption of
Amendment No. 3. A vote Aye is a vote in
favor of the amendment; a vote No is a
vote against. Cast your votes.
Has every Delegate voted? Does any
Delegate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 23 votes in the affirmative
and 100 in the negative, the motion fails.
The amendment is rejected.
Pages will please distribute Amendment
B. Amendment B will be Amendment No.
4. The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 4
to Committee Recommendation SF-3 by
Delegates Hanson and B. Miller: On page
2, section 8.02; Assessments, in line 7
strike out the word "shall" and insert in
lieu thereof the word "may".
THE CHAIRMAN: Amendment No. 4 is
proposed by Delegate Hanson, seconded by
Delegate Beatrice Miller.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE PIANSON: Mr. Chairman,
I think the intention of this amendment is
clear. It is to make it possible for the legis-
lature in light of the decision of this Con-
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vention just made to have as much flexi-
bility as can be obtained with retention of
the clause, changing the clause from a man-
datory one to a permissive one.
I see no need to prolong the debate on
this. We just want to give the Convention
one last chance to redeem its honor on this
problem.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Case.
DELEGATE CASE: Delegate Hanson, I
am going to give you that chance in a very
few minutes now.
May I say, Mr. Chairman, ladies and
gentlemen of the Committee, that this
amendment really is a rehash of what we
have just been through. To change the
word "shall" to "may" is exactly the same
as taking out the last clause in the Com-
mittee Recommendation. There is abso-
lutely no difference. As Delegate Hanson
said in his presentation of the former
amendment, what it meant in effect was
the General Assembly may make this as-
sessment if it chooses to do so. What we
have here is the word "may" inserted for
"shall", merely puts that in writing. So
what he originally said could be done is
now merely put in writing. It is exactly the
same point, has been voted on before.
I urge you to vote the same as you did
last time.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are you ready for
the question?
(Call for the question.)
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
The question arises on adoption of
Amendment No. 4. A vote Aye is a vote
in favor of the amendment; a vote No is
a vote against. Cast your votes.
Have all delegates voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 22 votes in the affirmative
and 96 in the negative, the motion fails
and the amendment is rejected.
Are there any other amendments to sec-
tion 8.02?
The Chair hears none.
For what purpose does Delegate Churchill
Murray rise?
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: To try to
lighten the situation momentarily. It will
only take a moment and it is worth doing.
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