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of powers which are presently statutory powers and which
the general assembly may or may not prescribe, but must
in any event act by law to givc and whether or not there
would be more Constitutional neatness, if you would, by
just ending that-sentence with the word, "prescribed"?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Well, I personally don't
believe so. I think the Constitution ought to give some
iea to what in the world the Convention meant by creating
a Board of Review, what sort of thing did it have in mind,
at least some benchmark. That isn't going to prevent the
general assembly from giving anything else, but it at
least indicates what the Convention had in mind in the
purpose for which it created this Board of Review.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Case.
DELEGATE CASE: Mr. Chairman, following along
the same inquiry that, the basic inquiry that has been
suggested to you by Delegate Marion, I suggest to you in
line 15 there is an improper statement, at least it is to
me, where the power is given to the Board of Public Works
to create State debt. Only the general assembly can incur