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House is entitled, which would include in the computation
of members any vacant seats. Eleven state constitutions
do not mention majority requirements for the passage of
bills, and of those eleven, all but two have rules of
their legislative bodies which require certain majorities.
It is interesting to note that a couple of those!
states which have no majority requirements for passage of
bills mention in their constitution, required two-thirds
for a quorum.
We believe that this thing is such a revolu-
tionary step that it cannot be adopted by the Committee of
the Whole or by the Convention without doing a great dis-
service to the people of Maryland.
In the majority recommendation there are oppor-
tunities for political trickery and political chicanery
that we have never had. There has been a great deal of
talk in this convention about the advisability of legisla-
tors. We suggest that advisability of legislators will
disappear if you have a situation in which eleven people
in the Senate and 31 people in the House can pass bills.
An examole of what micrht happen is a day like