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and 5 of the Committee Report seriatim, taking a vote on
each item after it has been debated. Delegate Adkins.
DELEGATE ADKINS: Mr. Chairman, ladies and
gentlemen, some twenty-five years ago when I made my
maiden appearance before the Court of Appeals, meeting in
the building immediately across the street, I approached the
rostrum there with much the same fear and trepidation as I
do here. One difference was that there I dropped my books
as I rose to speak. I became completely flustered and was
able for several seconds to say nothing. The late dis-
tinguished Chief Judge Bond, who will long be my favorite
and kindest person, looked down from his high place, said
in the quietus of attorneys, Counsellor, take your time,
the ferry for the Eastern Shore does not leave for another
hour.
It may very well be that before I finish here,
I shall have wished that that ferry weretill running.
No question here before presented to this Consti-
tutional Convention is fraught with the brilliant omni-
presence of the current political scene as is the matter
now pending before this House. We of the Majority,