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the legislature will be hamstrung, will not be able to
meet the need of her citizenry if this wording is in the
Constitution.
Now, with reference to Delegate Malkus, he is not
here now, I hope he had better luck shooting geese than he
did on his first speech this morning, because it is just
not so that the Constitution and the statutes implementing
the Intermediate Appeallate Court, which I drafted, provide
that the legislature can establish new courts. It does nol
say that.
What it says it that the legislat ure can en-
large the jurisdiction of the present Intermediate Appel-
late Court; the Intermediate Appellate Court is set by
the Constitution. Its jurisdiction is delineated in the
legislature.
THE CHAIRMAN: You have one-half minute. Dele-
gate Case.
DELEGATE CASE: This is as it should be. This
is what the draft contemplates.
Now, I suggest to you ladies and gentlemen that
the word "exclusive" is an important word. It will insure |