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fore the Committee of the Whole and Dele-
gate Morgan could offer his amendment.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: That being
the case, Mr. Chairman, I should like first
of all to withdraw my motion to reconsider
as it now stands before the Committee of
the Whole.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does the seconder
consent?
DELEGATE FORNOS: No.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I had many
seconds.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair is advised
by the Parliamentarian that the consent of
the seconder is not necessary.
Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man, that being the case, I congratulate
the Parliamentarian. I now move to recon-
sider Recommendation No. as amended.
(Whereupon, the motion was duly sec-
onded.)
THE CHAIRMAN : The motion has been
seconded.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Gallagher
to speak on the motion.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: The only
thing I would say is that there appears to
be a spirit of harmony prevailing at least
with some aspects of this particular report
and I should not like to see it disappear.
Therefore, I should like to say nothing
more than this appears to be an oppor-
tunity to promote brotherhood.
THE CHAIRMAN: The question arises
on the motion to reconsider the vote by
which Recommendation No. 1 as amended
failed of either approval or disapproval. A
vote Aye is a vote in favor of reconsidera-
tion; a vote No is a vote against.
Cast your vote.
Has every delegate voted, does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 115 votes in the affirmative
and 17 in the negative, the vote by which
Recommendation No. 1 as amended failed
to be either approved or disapproved is
reconsidered.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. Chairman,
I have an amendment, designated Amend-
ment No. 3 to Recommendation No. 1.
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THE CHAIRMAN: The page will dis-
tribute the amendment.
This will now be Amendment No. 4.
Will you please correct the copy of the
amendment as it is handed to you, Amend-
ment No. 4.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 4
to Recommendation No. 1 By Delegate Mor-
gan. An Amendment to Recommendation
No. 1, Committee Report EB-1. Strike out
all lines 13 to 15 on page 1 of the Committee
Report and insert in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: 1) The Committee recommends that
there be provided in the Constitution as
part of the executive branch article an in-
terdepartmental board of review to consist
of the governor, a head of a principal de-
partment designated by the governor, and
an individual appointed to the board by the
General Assembly, such board to perform
in such a manner and to have such of the
existing powers of the board of public
works, together with such other powers, as
the General Assembly may prescribe.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there a second?
(Whereupon, the amendment was duly
seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Morgan to speak to the
amendment.
DELEGATE MORGAN: This amend-
ment to Committee Recommendation No. 1
is in substance what was adopted by the
Executive Branch Committee this morning
by a vote of 15 to 5.
I am going to read the roll call on that
vote. Voting in favor of the amendment:
E. Dale Adkins, Jr., J. Glenn Beall, Sr.,
Roy Borom, Raymond G. Boileau, Alien E.
Buzzell, Walter G. Finch, David T. Mason,
Ralph W. Powers, William S. James, Agnes
Smith, Carlton R. Sickles, and Millard J.
Tawes, and Dale Adkins, C. Meredith
Boyce, Frank C. Robey, Jr., C. Ferdinand
Sybert.
I think this amendment meets many of
the problems that have plagued the Execu-
tive Branch Committee.
One of the principal problems that have
plagued the Executive Branch Committee
is the division of the executive authority
between the governor and the Board of
Public Works. It has always seemed to us
that having an elected official, namely, the
comptroller on the Board of Public Works,
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