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An assistant worked for about two hours
to try to get it more clear. The purpose is
to make sure that the county is not chopped
up and put into a lot of senatorial dis-
tricts.
THE CHAIRMAN : To make the question
more specific, I take it you are saying that
you would not intend to prevent -the addi-
tion to Carroll County of the small seg-
ment of Baltimore County so as to provide
one senatorial district?
DELEGATE DULANY: That is correct.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair suggests
your amendment would prevent that be-
cause it would prevent Baltimore County
from being so divided. Baltimore County
would then be divided so as to comprise
only a part of more than one Senatorial
district, perhaps.
DELEGATE DULANY: In other words,
you are suggesting that Baltimore County
might have more than two districts that
would extend beyond the boundaries of
Baltimore County?
THE CHAIRMAN: Yes.
DELEGATE DULANY: That may very
well be true, but I believe to the extent
practicable it would cover the situation.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Clark.
DELEGATE J. CLARK: I would like to
make a suggestion.
It seems to me that if you would say that
no county having less than enough people
for one senator would be included in this
group, it might be a basis for getting at
what you want.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: Mr. Chairman,
I think that that is a good suggestion, be-
cause I think that would clear it up then.
As it is written now, I think it is just im-
possible to work.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dulany.
DELEGATE DULANY: Mr. Chairman,
I do not believe the language is ambiguous ;
I think it is clear. I do not believe it is too
good, but I think it is clear.
I do not think that the point that Dele-
gate Barrick said is actually true, because
this would also apply to delegate districts.
There would be two delegate districts in the
county, one of which might extend beyond.
THE CHAIRMAN: I think there is all
too much clarity. I just do not think it
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would accomplish your purpose. However, is
there any further discussion on the amend-
ment?
Delegate Chabot?
DELEGATE CHABOT: Mr. Chairman,
I find it difficult to see in what way it ac-
complishes the purpose any more than the
language that is presently in section 3.02
or in several other proposals that have been
made regarding 3.02.
The difficulty is that if in fact it imposes
restrictions that are not already present
in section 3.02, I am concerned what Dele-
gate Dulany feels is a saving clause. "To
the extent practicable" is perhaps not at all
a saving clause.
I find it difficult to see that at the same
time that that clause operates to allow the
redistricting commission to do what is
necessary Carroll County or any other
county gets more protection than they
would from section 3.02.
THE CHAIRMAN : Is there any further
discussion?
Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man, in reviewing what is taking place this
evening, it occurs to me that various mem-
bers of this Convention who reside as they
all do in some particular locality have be-
gun to enter into the process of redistrict-
ing so that they have specific problems, and
plans before them, and I am compelled to
say at this point that if every political sub-
division comes forward at this time with a
general proposition which is designed to
take care of a particular need or problem
or threat, that what we are in effect doing
here is legislating rather than writing a
Constitution.
I feel in retrospect that we ought to give
every consideration to try to stay only to
general principles and general guidelines
and that these attempts are commendable,
but should really be addressed to the wis-
dom and the intelligence of the commis-
sion that draws the plan and at this point,
I feel compelled to say that I think in the
interest of a brief Constitution, that I
would ask the sponsors of these various
measures if they would not consider with-
drawing them and expect their representa-
tives in legislature to make these points at
another day, rather than to try to write
them into the Constitution.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dulany.
DELEGATE DULANY: Mr. Chairman,
I stood up for the purpose of withdrawing
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