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DELEGATE FOX: Of course there is no
definition of what a special law is. Minne-
sota and some other states use special law
to mean a local law. Some states talk about
a private law and a local law, and a special
law is a general classification that includes
them both.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher'
statement of yesterday in the course of his
presentation I thought was based upon the
decision of the Maryland Court of Appeals
and indicated that a special law was neither
a general nor a local law, but as its name
implied, a local law, as for instance a law
for the relief of an individual citizen. Dele-
gate Fox.
DELEGATE FOX: That in some juris-
dictions is referred to as a private law.
THE CHAIRMAN: That is true, that
would be a private law. Delegate Fox.
DELEGATE FOX: The point I want to
make is that I do not see any necessity for
this section in this article at all or else
there is no necessity for the local govern-
ment provisions that have been put in. We
only need one of them. By having both of
them, I am afraid we are causing con-
fusion.
THE CHAIRMAN: Your comment, how-
ever, is not directed to the amendment par-
ticularly, as I take it?
DELEGATE FOX: Unfortunately, no, it
is directed to the whole section which is
what should be deleted.
THE CHAIRMAN: Yes. Is there any
further discussion?
(There was no response.)
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The question arises
on the adoption of the Amendment No. 25
to Committee Recommendation LB-2.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 25. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your vote.
Ring the quorum bell, please. Cast your
votes.
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 107 votes in the affirmative
and none in the negative, the motion
carries. The amendment is adopted.
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Are there any further amendments to
section 3.17a? The Chair hears none.
There is, I think, an amendment to sec-
tion 3.17b.
Delegate Grant, do you still desire to
offer your Amendment H?
(Laughter.)
DELEGATE GRANT: Yes, I do. It is
not to section 3.17b. It is to another section.
THE CHAIRMAN: You are quite cor-
rect. Is there any amendment to section
3.17b? The Chair hears none.
Will the pages please distribute the
Amendment H. This will be Amendment
No. 20. The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 26
to Committee Recommendation LB-2 by
Delegate Grant: following line 47 of sec-
tion 3.l7b, Effective Date of Laws add the
following new section:
''Section 3. . Compilation of Laws
The General Assembly shall provide by
law for the establishment of a uniform
system of compilation of any statute, reso-
lution, rule, regulation, ordinance, order,
proclamation, or any other action by any
unit of government having the force of
law and for their publication. Unless other-
wise provided by law, no action having the
force of law shall be effective until it shall
have been made a part of such compilation
and published."
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
offered by Delegate Grant. Does any dele-
gate second it?
Delegate Gleason seconds the amend-
ment.
Does everyone have a copy of the amend-
ment?
(There was no response.)
The Chair recognizes Delegate Grant to
speak to the amendment.
DELEGATE GRANT: Mr. Chairman,
this amendment involves something that is
omitted in the present Constitution and it
will become of greater importance in the
future constitution. First of all, we are now
in Maryland breaking completely new
ground in legislation. We are doing some-
thing that has never been done by any
legislature any place, that is, we are taking
the law-making power of the General As-
sembly and disbursing it among other law-
making bodies. This process did not start
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