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The protections which it affords our citizens
must be guaranteed in a new Constitution as problems
becornre more complex, the cost of government continues to
spiral, and the pace of life grows more rapid.
We, therefore, respectfully urge the Convention
to retain the Board of Public Works -- increasing its
membership to five and recommending to the General Assem-
bly that its duties be streamlined.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any questions of the
minority spokesman for purposes of clarification?
Delegate Raley.
DELEGATE RALEY: Mr. Chairman and Judge Dorsey,
the majority committee chairman said that the Board of
Public Works could be set up by the General Assembly, that
the article as submitted here would not prohibit it. I
have not, of course, had the opportunity of the study and
research that you all have on the committee, but it did
seem to me that under Section 4.18 it is clearly pro-
hibited, it clearly prohibits the board of -- the Assembly
from setting up the Public Works because it says "All
powers and duties, et cetera", shall be put into twenty