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session, and are on an annual salary, that
they have expenses for travel, a staff, and
an entourage of people who come to work
with the General Assembly, and all of this
would be additional cost which would be
avoided if it went to the next regular ses-
sion?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Yes, Dele-
gate Sherbow, it would. Not only would
there be expenses but they would be en-
titled to expenses in a special session which
is prohibited to them in a regular ordinary
session.
But here again, it becomes a problem of
what is the basic consideration. Is the
statute to be overridden important enough
to require a special session and if there is
agreement there is, you come back. If there
is not, then it rides over until the next
regular session.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: I have a ques-
tion, Mr. Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: To whom is the ques-
tion addressed?
DELEGATE BARRICK: The question
is directed to Delegate Gallagher.
THE CHAIRMAN: State your question,
Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: I have a ques-
tion of Delegate Gallagher.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher,
do you yield to a question?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: Would you
have any objection or do you see that it
would be an advantage that vetoed bills be
considered at special sessions other than a
special session called for the purpose of
considering vetoed bills?
As I read the language of your amend-
ment, the General Assembly could not con-
sider vetoed bills at a special session, other
than one called especially for that purpose.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Of course,
the language in section 4. 17 as it is written
now does say that the governor shall re-
turn the vetoed bill forthwith to any spe-
cial session of the General Assembly which
may be convened for the purpose of recon-
sidering vetoed bills.
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Now, the leadership of the House and
the Senate has the right to call special ses-
sions and could designate that the purpose
of it was to reconsider vetoed bills and
such other data or items as would come be-
fore it, and the three-fifths self-convening
procedure would also allow the members
in the Senate and the House to do like-
wise, so I do not see that this presents any
genuine difficulty.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: How about if
you have a special session as called by the
governor for other purposes. At that time
would you not be able to consider your
vetoed bills?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: That may
be technically true but at that point, once
that special session came to an end for that
purpose on that very final day, the General
Assembly could convene itself before leav-
ing into an additional special session or the
leader of the House and Senate could do so
and then take up the vetoed bills so that
it all could be taken care of upon one com-
ing together to Annapolis.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: Thank you.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mentzer.
DELEGATE MENTZER: I rise to a
point of personal privilege, Mr. Chairman.
There are three young ladies in the bal-
cony behind you who say they miss their
mother and hope she will be home for
Christmas.
They are escorted by their father, who
is one of those wonderful spouses we hold
in such high regard, and it is a great
pleasure for me to welcome on their first
visit to Annapolis my daughters Rosanna,
Valery and Adrien.
(Applause. )
THE CHAIRMAN: Before recognizing
Delegate Sickles, do Delegates Scanlan or
Winslow still desire to be recognized?
(There was no response. )
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Sickles.
DELEGATE SICKLES: I wonder if the
Chairman of the Committee would yield
for a question?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan, do
you yield?
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