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to reiterate once again that we are violating fundamental
Constitutional principals here in becoining so detailed,
in providing for the legislative procedure.
No outstanding Constitutional authorities
would agree that you must provide all of -this procedural
detail for the passage of bills.
Now, Section 3.17 raises very seriously the
question of providing that a transcript of the debates
must. be r.'ain-fcained as a Constitutional matter. I interpret
that as mandatory and when something is mandatory, there
is no discretion whatsoever, so that if you are depending
upon mechanical equipment for recording of the debates,
and mechanical equipment -~ and if the mechanical equip-
ment doesn't work, to your knowledge, or if you are de-
pending upon stenographic transcript, and the stenogra-
pher loses his notes, a very serious legal question arises
as to whether you hn'.'e the type of a record which would
sustain the legality of any legislative proceecilnqs which
might have been taken.
Now, I checked tho Femoral ("onstitntion and T
found no such requirocnts as wo have h<"ro. The redera]