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appointed and then move back out again.
I am interested in some of these sugges-
tions being asked about the small coun-
ties. I am glad there is so much concern
about the small counties. I hope before the
Convention is over that the delegates will
wonder how many delegates there are to
the Convention from these same small
counties.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Schneider,
do you desire to speak in opposition?
DELEGATE SCHNEIDER: Yes, Mr.
Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Schneider.
DELEGATE SCHNEIDER: We have a
problem here, Mr. Chairman, if we adopt
this amendment, in that we have not done
away with the concept of districting. We
have mandated one district court judge at
least per county, but some counties will
have more. Perhaps Prince George's will
have 4.5 and Montgomery 4.5, and perhaps
they will become a district with one judge
shared. Now, what will we do if he has to
be a resident of a county? Who is to define
the county?
THE CHAIRMAN: The question before
the house is the first question under Amend-
ment No. 22, which is the portion included
in lines 2 to 5 in the amendment, Delegate
Schneider.
DELEGATE SCHNEIDER: I am sorry.
I spoke with respect to the second part. I
hope you will remember my remarks.
THE CHAIRMAN: Do you want to
speak in opposition, Delegate Willoner?
DELEGATE WILLONER: I have a
question of Delegate Storm. How long do
you have to be a resident of a county be-
fore you can register to vote?
DELEGATE STORM: I believe you have
to reside there three months under our
present rules. You have to be there long
enough to show an interest in the local
situation in order to be able to vote. You
would not want a complete stranger to
vote. You may want a complete stranger
to judge you, but you certainly would not
want a complete stranger to vote.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Willoner.
DELEGATE WILLONER: Is it three
months, then?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm?
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DELEGATE STORM: Perhaps Chair-
man Koss could tell us that. I think it is
three months.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm, if
the Chair may interrupt, I think the ques-
tion is directed not to the legal require-
ment, which would be three months, but
how long as a practical matter before one
can register, which might depend upon how
freely the supervisors of election are ac-
cepting registration.
DELEGATE STORM: In most counties
I believe we have continuous registration.
This is certainly desirable. If you are an
interested citizen, you would register as
soon as you could, which would be three
months. Now, if some counties discourage
registration and do not allow it all the
time as we do, then it might take longer.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson, do
you desire to speak in opposition?
DELEGATE HANSON: I have a ques-
tion for Delegate Storm.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm, do
you yield to a further question?
DELEGATE STORM: Indeed.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: Is it not true
that the time limit runs not from the date
of registration ^but from election day, so
that a person may register normally the
day he moves into a county but he may
not vote until he has lived there a specified
period of time?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: You may be right
on that. This would allow a very short
residence.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: As I see this
amendment it would have no practical im-
pact at all unless a man were to move
into a county within eighty-nine days of an
election and therefore would not be eligible
to vote in that election, and consequently
would not be permitted to register until
after an election were held.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: I might respond
to that. If a man were moving into a
county for appointment as judge, he would
have to register and this would be some-
what of a deterrent for him to move out
the next day after his appointment because
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