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Yesterday I asked Delegate Mason when he was
presented the minority view several questions, and I
hope you followed them carefully. The gist of those ques-
tions were simply to point out that with respect to the
function and responsibility of the attorney general's officiS
when there were times when he was advising two opposing
factions, that when one is placed in such a position
it is clear that there is a conflict of interest.
Now, what we are doing by requiring the election
of the attorney general and the continuance of his func-
tions and responsibilities in the same manner that they
have been over the period of years, we are the ones who
!
are placing that attorney general in a conflict of interest
situation.
It is not necessary. There is no question but
that the office itself would function just as efficiently
under the appointive procedure as under the elective pro-
cedure. In that method or manner of appointment there
is no difference that resolves the conflict of interest
when it arises in his dual function of advising the execu-
tive and the General Assembly.