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it be passed by the majority of the whole house by the
members elected, and on this final action the whole Yeas
and Nays shall be recorded."
They did not list this vote on the chancres
of the bond issue, and the Court of Appeals ruled since
this constitutional requirement was not technically complice
with, the bill was invalid.
So the point I am making is that the courts
construe these constitutional requirements procedurally
very, very strictly.
Now, the amendment I am offering would eliminate
the requirement that the committee vote be made part of the
journal. This simply is qoinq to mean that every bill may
be subject to attack if the journal does not have the com-
mittee vote, and I assume the committee vote will mean a
main committee and not a subcommittee of a standinq committes.
It will require a normal vote, and every bill will be
I established whereby the Chairman of the Committee will
have to certify the committee vote with the bill, and it will
have to be entered into the record.
It will mean the question of whether there was