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provisions shall not be used against any person in any
proceedings, either civil or criminal in the courts or
before any agencies of the State."
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment has been. submitted
by Delegate Bothe. Is there a second to the amendment?
(Whereupon, the amendment was seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is seconded by
Delegate Bennett.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Bothe to speak
to the amendment.
DELEGATE BOTHE: Mr. Chairman and fellow
delegates:
The Committee on Personal Rights has proposed
a section 4 which in many respects is analogous to the
4th Amendment of the United States Constitution, except
that it adopts language designed to guarantee that the right
of privacy which the Supreme Court has held to be synony-
mous with the protection against unreasonable searches and
seizures extends to areas which are now in the state of
uncertainty, because when the 4th Amendment was placed
in the Constitution 200 years ago, no one had known of the