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additional judges, would they not be able to say in effect,
no, to the court, if it didn't sit in the proper division?
Is that essentially your question. Delegate Key
DELEGATE KEY: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bamberger.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: I guess the answer
to that is yes, the legislature could, as a matter of
corridor bargaining with the courts say do not increase
the number to nine, unless you pledge by rule that you
will have them sit in particular places.
Does that answer suggest that I understand your
question?
THE CHAIRMAN: I think so.
Does Delegate Mudd yield to a quebtiuii from
Delegate Carson?
DELEGATE MUDD: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Carson.
DELEGATE CARSON: Chairman Mudd, I understand
under 5.51 that both the Court of Appeals by Rule and the
General Assembly by law shall have concurrent power to pre-
scribe regulations concerning practice and procedure in