1864 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND [Dec. 6]

the General Assembly should by rule permit THE CHAIRMAN: Are all the seconders

bills to continue beyond the life of the of the amendment in the room, and does

session in which they are introduced. anybody object to the modification of the

mTTT^ ^TTAT^,rA^T ^ , L WM1. , amendment in the manner suggested?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Willis, only

one more question. Delegate Hanson's time The suggested amendment is to change

has expired. lines 16 and 18 so that they would read

~T,,-r,-,.„,,„ ,TTTT T TO, Ti j. ". . . the General Assembly shall not ex-

DELEGATE WILLIS: I have two ques- t.ee(, the ^ bu(, yendltures sub.

tions. Maybe I can put them together as mltted by the .„„,....
one.

(Laughter.) Ts that correct, Delegate Adkins ?

You say the legislature could override DELEGATE ADKINS: My proposed lan-

this veto within ten days, but suppose the SuaSe was the total bud^et expenditures,

legislature were not in session? Would it TRE CHAIRMAN: "total budget expend-

be necessary for them to come back into itures submjttcd by the governor."
special session for this purpose? I know

you allowed this, but it is both awkward Delegate James.

and expensive to operate in that manner.

^ DELEGATE JAMES: Point of inquiry.

T,HE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson...

THE CHAIRMAN: State the inquiry.

DELEGATE HANSON: The way the pro-

posal is written, the technical answer to DELEGATE JAMES :-to Delegate Ad-

your question is yes. The practical answer,

however, is that by requiring that the Is this not in effect eliminating use of

budget be enacted by the 80th clay this surpluses for any purposes of expenditure ?

would give the General Assembly at least

an additional ten days before its date of THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Adkins.

adjournment. By that time the veto mes- DELEGATE ADKINS: That is my hope,
sage should be returned. If it needs to Delegate James.think it would be cat-
stay in session an additional day or so to astrophic to permit the General Assembly
handle this problem, it can do so. to haye a mtle Mt of budffeted surpius to

THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Adkins. Play with It is my hope that this language

will prevent that.

DELEGATE ADKINS: Mr. Chairman, I

wish to offer an amendment to section THE CHAIRMAN: Do any other spon-

6.07. The amendment is in the course of sors object to the modification ?

preparation. For whafc purpose does Delegate Storm

THE CHAIRMAN: This is an amend- 1<ise?

ment to amendment No. 2? DELEGATE STORM: Mr. Chairman, I

DELEGATE ADKINS: Yes, an amend- am nofc one of the sponsors. If they had

ment to amendment No. 2. The substance askcd me> T would have been.

of the amendment would be to strike out T ,,^,,1,1 n\ ;«,*- if T , TV i *.

. T -,„ ,i_ j u ±- ^ M i • T 1 would object, if I may. It I may not,

in line 16 the word estimate, and in line j -jj j. down

17 the word "revenues," and substitute in

their place the words "total budget ex- THE CHAIRMAN: I do not think you

penditures," so that the sentence would have the right to object.

then read, "Total appropriations included ,,- / *, . >

in the budget bill as enacted by the Gen- ^ ''

eral Assembly shall not exceed the total The amendment is modified by the spon-

budget expenditures submitted by the gov- sors so that it would read in lines 16 and

ernor." 17 ". . . General Assembly shall not ex-

THE CHAIRMAN: Before considering it ce.e'' .^ ^tal budget expenditures sub-
further, the Chair would ask Delegate Han- mltted by the governor."
son whether he would be disposed to accept Delegate Storm, of course you have the
the amendment. right to offer an amendment that would

__1T_,ri.__ TTAXTC1/^XT T ,, , ,. take it back to the previous language or

DELEGATE HANSON: I would be dis- other lang. £ou should <T0 desire>

posed to accept Delegate Adkins amend-
ment, if none of my co-sponsors has any DELEGATE STORM: Mr. Chairman, it
objections. suits me to go rig'ht ahead and vote on this.