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were determined.
In 1962 when the Circuit Court in Anne Arundel
County declared unconstitutional the then composition
of the House of Delegates, the Governor called for a
special session of the General Assembly, at which time two
bills were prepared for introduction.
The objective of these was ultimately to keep
the size of the General Assembly at 123, which most
of the participants agreed was far better than an expanded
size. The first bill or, correction, the second bill
would have been a Constitutional amendment to achieve
that and provide that after 1966 the size would revert
to 123. Because the General Assembly only had
five days in which to act and this was quite a new
problem at the time, having just arrived on the judicial
scene, the spirit of compromise was much in the air.
It was determined that there would not be very
much possibility of getting a bill through the General
Assembly if seats were cut as well as added, especially
since the primary election for the 123 seats had already
been held. |
