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amended. The Committee Recommendation
is that the Board of Public Works be pro-
vided for in the constitution.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of that
recommendation as amended. A vote No is
a vote against.
For what purpose does Delegate Case
rise?
DELEGATE CASE: Mr. Chairman, I
have a question that bothers me a little
bit, if I may ask it. The recommendation
now reads, "The Committee recommends
that the" — and I underscore the word
"the"— "Public Words Board be provided
in the constitution."
Are we voting on that, or on the ques-
tion of whether or not "a" Board of Public
Works would be provided?
THE CHAIRMAN: I think from the re-
port of the minority that "a" is intended.
I will direct it to Delegate Dorsey.
DELEGATE DORSEY: If Delegate
Case wants to substitute the letter "a" for
the word "the", there would be no objection.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any objec-
tion from any member of the Committee of
the Whole to the modification of the rec-
ommendation as amended, to strike the
word "the" before "Board" in line 13, and
substitute the word "a"?
The Chair hears no objection, and will
consider the recommendation as thus
modified.
Delegate Hardwicke.
DELEGATE HARDWICKE: I have one
more question. This may be asking you to
repeat something you have said already,
Mr. Chairman.
If we vote now to adopt the Recommen-
dation as amended, will a motion to recon-
sider be out of order at a later time?
THE CHAIRMAN: It will be out of
order at a time after the Committee of
the Whole has risen to report the Recom-
mendation. I cannot say when that will be,
because we have heretofore followed the
practice of not considering a rising for
the purpose of adjournment as being a ris-
ing for the report of the matter under
consideration; therefore, I would say that
if Committee Report EB-1 were considered
again this evening and the consideration of
that Report were concluded, which would
mean all five points in the Report prior
to the adjournment this evening, and the
Committee of the Whole rose and reported
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its action with respect to Committee Re-
port EB-1, a motion to reconsider at a
later session of the Committee of the Whole
would not be in order.
If action is taken now, it is quite obvious
that we cannot conclude consideration of
the Report before the dinner hour recess,
and a motion to reconsider this evening
would still be in order, because Committee
Report EB-I would still be before the Com-
mittee of the Whole.
If Committee Report EB-1 is still before
the Committee of the Whole tomorrow
morning, a motion to reconsider would be
in order.
It is not in order at any time after the
Committee of the Whole has reported with
respect to Committee Report EB-1.
Is there any further question?
Delegate Schneider.
DELEGATE SCHNEIDER: If the mo-
tion on the floor is defeated in its next
vote, which I think it might be, would we
be able to raise this question about amend-
ment when the Committee Recommendation
was later brought forth?
THE CHAIRMAN: I am not sure what
you mean when you say "this question."
DELEGATE SCHNEIDER: In other
words, could we have another vote, another
chance to consider the Board of Public
Works when Committee Recommendation
EB-1 is brought forward to the floor in the
matter of a day or so?
THE CHAIRMAN: On the assumption
that the present motion is defeated — the
Chair would rule that there was no Com-
mittee Recommendation on this matter one
way or the other, and any pertinent amend-
ment to Committee Recommendation EB-1
would then be in order.
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Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the approval of
Committee Recommendation No. 1 of Com-
mittee Report EB-1, as amended. As
amended, that Recommendation will read as
follows :
"The Committee recommende that the
Board of Public Works be provided for in
the constitution."
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Com-
mittee Recommendation No. 1. A vote No,
a vote against.
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