less on indictment by a grand jury, except
in cases arising in the military, or in the
militia when in actual service in time of
war or public danger,
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 135 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 136. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 136, by Delegates Weidemeyer, Kosa-
kowski, Murray, Hostetter and Burgess.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that in the exercise of the
right of eminent domain the State shall pay
just compensation for the taking or damag-
ing of private property.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 136 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 137. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 137, by Delegates Price, Weidemeyer,
Kosakowski, Anderson, Hostetter and Child.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that a person taking a
state-administered oath may swear or affirm
in the name of the deity of his belief.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 137 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 138. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 138, by Delegates dark and James.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that a two-house General
Assembly shall be established; that the
Senate shall have forty members; and that
the House of Delegates shall have eighty
members.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 138 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 139. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 139, by Delegates Peters and Scanlan.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that the members of the
General Assembly shall receive such salary
and allowances as may be prescribed by
law. |
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 139 is referred to the Committee on
Legislative Branch.
There is attached to this proposal a mem-
orandum which you will note is signed and
indicates that it has been prepared by the
sponsors.
Are there any other proposals, Mr. Clerk?
CHIEF CLERK: There are no other pro-
posals, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: The next item is
motions and resolutions. There is a Resolu-
tion No. 4. I understand that it has not
been duplicated, and you therefore do not
have a copy on your desk. I will ask the
Clerk to read the entire resolution.
READING CLERK: Resolution No. 4,
by Delegate Hickman.
A RESOLUTION concerning the proce-
dure for introducing a proposal or recom-
mendation:
WHEREAS, several delegate proposals
and substantive committee recommendations
may be introduced in the Constitutional
Convention regarding new state fiscal pro-
grams, and
WHEREAS, after having been read for
the first time, the proper committee shall
have to consider, act upon, or pass over
such proposal or recommendation, and
WHEREAS, in order to give proper con-
sideration to such proposals and recommen-
dations, each delegate should be advised of
the financial ramifications thereof,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-
SOLVED, by the Constitutional Convention,
that beginning Friday, September 29, 1967,
each delegate proposal and substantive
committee recommendation regarding a fis-
cal program be accompanied with a memo-
randum setting forth the monetary budget
required by the fiscal program, and if a
similar program now exists, a comparative
cost study of the proposed program with
the program now in existence.
THE PRESIDENT: Resolution No. 4 is
referred to the Committee on Rules, Creden-
tials and Convention Budget.
Are there any other motions or reso-
lutions?
CHIEF CLERK: No, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Rybczyn-
ski, if you are rising to make the announce-
ment that I understand you want to make,
I will recognize you for that purpose a
little later. |
