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is, we are taking the law-making power of the General
Assembly and disbursing it among other law-making bodies.
This process did not start with this Constitutional
Convention, but it started in 1954 when home rule. was
given to municipalities. From that time on there has not
been any legislation passed in the General Assembly relating
to municipalities. However, 152 municipalities have
continued to enact ordinances, and orders and regulations
having the force of law. Also by the growth of administra-
tive law we have alwogt some 240 or 243 depending what
counts you take, authorized certain administrative bodies
to issue regulations and rules having the force of law.
By this Constitution we are going to set up the following.
' We will have 152 municipalities acting in a legislative
capacity. We will have 24 county governments operating in
a legislative capacity.
We have directed that there be 20 agencies,
principal departments of government, who will act in a
legislative capacity. We will still have one general
assembly. It is a total of 197 law-making bodies. Now,
this is not necessarily evil. It presents a very definite