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G ie as on.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recognizes Delegate
Gleason to speak in favor of the amendment for three
minutes.
DELEGATE GLEASON: Mr. Chairman, fellow dele-
gates, let me say at the outset that I am sure all the
delegates to this Convention believe in recommending for
the people of Maryland a strong -judiciary, they believe
secondly in recommending to the people a strong executive,
and thirdly, they believe in recommending a strong legis-
lative branch to the government. The principle involved
is that the powers of government should be balanced so
that each branch of government can carry out effectively
its own responsibilities. However, there is another
principle that I think has been traditional in the annals
of government in the United States. That principle is
that the power of each branch of government should also
have some restraints and some checks and I think that it
is in this respect that the majority report falls down
when it removes from the power of the legislature at some
time in the future, when conditions warrant, the ability