THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 21I is referred to the Committee on the
Executive Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 212. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 212, by Delegate Finch. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the governor and
lieutenant governor shall have the option
to retain their voting residency at their
permanent residence prior to election.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 212 is referred to the Committee on the
Executive Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 213. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 213, by Delegate F. C. Robey. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the General Assem-
bly shall establish a presidential franchise
for former citizens of Maryland who have
removed here from and who do not meet the
voting residence requirements of the state
to which they have removed.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 213 is referred to the Committee on
Suffrage and Elections.
Delegate Proposal No. 214. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 214, by Delegate F. C. Robey. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the Constitution shall
require a merit system for the public em-
ployees of the State.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 214 is referred to the Committee on the
Executive Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 215. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 215, by Delegates Lord and Jett. Title,
A PROPOSAL that members of the Gen-
eral Assembly shall receive a minimum an-
nual salary of $7,500.00, and that their
pensions and related benefits shall be no
greater than those paid to other state em-
ployees at their salary level.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 215 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch.
There is attached to that proposal a
memorandum of two pages by Delegates
Lord and Jett. You should have that. |
Delegate Proposal No. 216. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 216, by Delegates Bennett, Byrnes,
Cardin, Chabot, Darby, Frederick, Grum-
bacher, Hutchinson, D. Murray, Rybczyn-
ski, Scanlan, Schloeder, Soul, White, and
Bamberger. Title,
A PROPOSAL that ownership of an in-
terest in property shall not be required as
a condition for holding any elective or ap-
pointive office.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 216 is referred to the Committee on
General Provisions.
Delegate Proposal No. 217. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 217, by Delegate Byrnes. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the General Assem-
bly shall establish the responsibilities, com-
pensation, and term of office of state's at-
torneys; that the governor shall appoint
state's attorneys from a list of not more
than five persons nominated in each juris-
diction by a commission established by the
General Assembly; and that the General
Assembly shall provide by law for the ad-
ministration and coordination of the vari-
ous offices of state's attorneys.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 217 is referred to .the Committee on the
Executive Branch.
There is a memorandum of four or five
pages accompanying Delegate Proposal No.
217. The memorandum is by Delegate
Byrnes.
Delegate Proposal No. 218. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 218, by Delegate Bennett. Title,
A PROPOSAL that prohibits excessive
bail, excessive fines, and cruel or unusual
punishment, and requires that penal ad-
ministration and the sentences of courts
shall be based on the principle of reforma-
tion and upon the need for protecting the
public.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 218 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 219. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 219, by Delegates Kirkland, Sosnowski, |
