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for the state public school system and insti-
tutions of higher education, the head of
each principal department of the executive
branch shall be a single executive."
The Chair recognizes Delegate Maurer
for the moment. Has the Chair correctly
stated your amendment?
DELEGATE MAURER: Yes, sir. Dr.
Pullen and I were discussing whether the
next sentence is necessary in view of the
fact that only the school system and per-
haps the University of Maryland would
have a board or commission to head it, and
we were giving this a momentary con-
sideration.
THE CHAIRMAN: I will repeat this so
there will not be any question about it:
"Except for the state public school system
and institutions of higher education, the
head of each principal department of the
executive branch shall be a single executive."
The Chair recognizes Delegate Winslow.
DELEGATE WINSLOW: Mr. Chair-
man, may I ask a question of Delegate
Maurer?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Maurer, do
you yield to a question?
DELEGATE MAURER: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Winslow.
DELEGATE WINSLOW: Delegate
Maurer, if your amendment should pass,
would it still be possible for the legislature
to provide a department with an advisory
board to work with the chief of the de-
partment?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Maurer.
DELEGATE MAURER: Yes, it is my
intent that advisory boards would continue,
but policy-making boards would be limited
to education.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Case.
DELEGATE CASE: Mr. Chairman, I
know you have been very patient in read-
ing the amended language to the amend-
ment, but I am wondering, sir, whether or
not it would be in order for a delegate to
request, if there is going to be a substantial
amendment that the amendment again be
reprinted and put on the delegate's desk.
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
being printed now. You mean you would
rather have it before you to discuss it?
Let me suggest this: you have your blue
copy in front of you, rather than Amend-
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ment No. 17; I think you could mark your
blue copy very readily without a great deal
of writing, if I give it to you again.
This is not for the purpose of stating the
amendment, but merely for the purpose of
having you carry the amendment into ef-
fect on your blue copy.
In line 50, on page 7, at the beginning of
the sentence, before the sentence, insert
"except for the state public school system
and institutions of higher education."
Then on the next page, in line 1, strike
the words "including the chief" and strike
all of line 2, and then in line 3, put a
period after "executive" and strike the
words "unless otherwise", and on line 4,
strike the words "provided by law."
Do you have it now, Delegate Case? Does
everybody have it?
Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: Mr. Chairman, I
would like to oppose this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: You may proceed.
DELEGATE STORM: On our Commit-
tee in the discussions one of the leaders of
the majority said that the Constitutional
Convention Commission had lost its nerve
in not going down the through street and
making all heads of departments single
executives.
It was when the minority joined them in
some of the test votes that we realized that
this was going a little far. Now, I cer-
tainly do not want our state superintendent
of schools to be appointed by the governor,
but it seems to me rather selfish for these
theorists who believe in single heads not to
have it really nice and clean, and even have
a single head for the education department
too.
I personally do not favor this because it
seems selfish to me for them to get immu-
nity and to treat them differently from
others. They will be able to say "Well, no
one else must be treated differently, re-
gardless of the wisdom of the legislature
in the future. You must not grant anyone
else this privilege." Now, it seems to me
this is a very selfish thing to do.
I think we should trust the legislature to
provide for a department to be headed by
a board of commissioners, if in their wis-
dom this is necessary.
Why you are unwilling to trust them for
this I cannot understand, especially when
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