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We will take up section 5.30. Delegate
Johnson, do you still desire to offer your
amendment "O"?
DELEGATE JOHNSON: If you will
give me a minute, Mr. Chairman. We have
three amendments. I want hopefully to
offer just one.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair has three
amendments, Delegate Johnson. Each seems
to be different. None seems to be in any
way a substitute for the other.
If you still desire to offer them, the
Chair would propose to offer 0, P, N.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Originally it
was supposed to be all one amendment.
What order did you suggest?
THE CHAIRMAN: 0. I have no strong
feeling. I will offer them any way you
want. It seemed to me that was the logical
order. "0" was the simplest of all. Dele-
gate Johnson.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Would it be
possible to consider all the amendments
together?
THE CHAIRMAN: No, I do not think
we can do that. We can take them up one
after the other. I have no objection to
informing the Committee of the Whole of
the pendency of the other two amendments.
I do not think we can consider them all at
one time. Delegate Johnson, I am not aware
of your problem. Maybe if I was, I could
offer a suggestion.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Mr. Chair-
man, if we could amend an amendment, I
think we could best arrive at the issue. I
would suggest perhaps amendment 0, and
then amending that amendment. We can do
that.
THE CHAIRMAN: The pages will dis-
tribute amendment O. This will be Amend-
ment No. 54. The Clerk will read the
amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 54
to accompany Minority Report No. JB-1 to
Committee Recommendation JB-1 by Dele-
gates Johnson, Harkness, Hickman, Kahl,
Murphy, Siewierski and Rush: on page 9
section 5.30 Clerks of Court line 49 after
the word "Court" add the words "in each
county".
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Johnson,
the Debate Schedule indicates a controlled
time for an amendment or amendments
encompassing selection of superior court
clerk in each county and appointment oi
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district court clerk in each county as pre-
scribed by law, apparently to be considered
together. I do not seem to have an amend-
ment encompassing the second part of that.
Is there another amendment I do not have?
DELEGATE JOHNSON: There was
supposed to be, Mr. Chairman, and that is
what has caused me some trouble and
delay.
THE CHAIRMAN: Do you know the
number or the letter?
DELEGATE JOHNSON: No, I as-
sumed it was in this package, and perhaps
I misread one of the amendments, but I
see now in reviewing it that it is not there.
I think we can correct it, Mr. Chairman if
I am permitted to amend amendment O.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well. Amend-
ment No. 54. The Clerk will read the
amendment, please.
(At this point Amendment No. 54 was
read and duly seconded.)
The amendment having been read and
having been made and seconded, the Chair
recognizes Delegate Johnson to speak to
the amendment. Controlled time is ten min-
utes.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Mr. Chairman,
I would move to amend Amendment No. 54
so that it would also provide that the last
word in line 49 of the Majority Report,
page 9, be changed from "rule" to the
word "law".
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Johnson,
I point out to you that that would be in-
consistent with your proposed amendment
P. You would then withdraw amendment P?
DELEGATE JOHNSON: That is cor-
rect, Mr. Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: What are the addi-
tional words? Delegate Johnson.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Mr. Chairman,
in order to be perfectly accurate, I would
| guess it should be "shall be prescribed by
law", rather than "governed by law".
THE CHAIRMAN: You would strike the
1 words "governed by rule" and insert the
words "prescribed by law"?
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DELEGATE JOHNSON: That is cor-
rect, Mr. Chairman.
[ THE CHAIRMAN: In the absence of
i objection, the Chair will consider Amend-
; ment No. 54 to be modified to read as fol-
: lows: on page 9 section 5.30 Clerks of
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