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DELEGATE CLAGETT: The objection provided
by law of the minority seemed to have seme merit in that
it would relieve the diatrict judge of the responsiblllty
of interviewing, selecting and granting special
appointments to the successful applicant as a Commissioner.
DELEGATE MUDD: The first observation you de
was persuasive* Our conroittee was anxious to reliMr
the district judge of any appointive responsibility.
But on the other hand as I recollect the -testimony and dis-
cussion in conwittee it was our considered opinion aftif
careful deliberation that the work of these <;onmi— &OMI—
was the function of the judiciary and to some extnt or
to a great extent the responsibility for administration
of the court system carried through to these coinRisBionirft,
and that it was just impractical in the final analylif tet
a district court judge to have to try to properly adRinifil
justice in his district if he had no control over the
Cononi s s loners
By experience there was a wealth of testimony
before our committee that some present committing
magistrates are not capable of performing the functions