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debt, as I understand it. What I think you mean is the
issuance and sale of certain categories representing State
debt, and J call your attention to line 25, which deals
with the expenditures from the general emergency, fund of
the State. There is no Constutionally-designated fund
known as the general emergency fund, and, as a matter of
fact, expenditures from that fund would probably be taken
care of by the provisions in Section 5, or Subsection 5,
beginning at line 23, which are expenditures of lump sum
appropriations.
It seems to me if this is going to be passed,
certainly line 15 has to be corrected, I would think. I
would hope the Committee would go along with that, and I
would also think that lines 25 and 26 should be eliminated,
but this all goes to point up the suggestion which I think
Delegate Marion has made, namely, that the enumeration of
these powers, which are nowhere found in the Constitution
today, at least not in this form, are really going to
serve, it seems to me to confuse rather than help the
situation, and I am wondering whether or not it probably
can't be met by doing as Delegate Marion has suggested,