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THE CHAIRMAN: Is the amendment seconded.
(Whereupon, the amendment was seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is seconded by
Delegate Cardin. The Chair recognizes Delegate Carson
to speak in favor of the amendment.
DELEGATE CARSON: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentle-
men, the amendment before you would have the sole effect
of changing the name of the Superior Court to that of
County Court throughout the Constitution.
It has no effect whatsoever upon the judicial
system .and would not in any way affect anything else in
hts article or any other article. It is not an amendment
in substance, but solely one of name and convention.
I do not like the words "Superior Court." I
think they have very little meaning. On the other hand,
the traditional Circuit Court now has no meaning because
there will be no circuits whatsoever, as I understand it,
at this level in the four-tier system, and therefore I
suggest and move that we substitute the name County
Court instead of Superior Court.
Now it may seem inconsistent to call it a