Delegate Proposal No. 259. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 259, by Delegates Chabot and Cardin.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that the candidates re-
ceiving the greatest number of votes shall
he elected to, or in the case of primary elec-
tions become the nominees for, the offices
for which they were candidates, and that
establishes procedures for resolving tie
votes.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 259 is referred to the Committee on
Suffrage and Elections.
There is a memorandum with respect to
Delegate Proposal No. 259.
Delegate Proposal No. 260. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 260, by Delegate Price. Title,
A PROPOSAL that establishes freedom.
of religion and separation of church and
State.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 260 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
The next item of business is motions and
resolutions. Resolution No. 9. The Clerk
will read the resolution.
READING CLERK: Resolution No. 9,
by Delegates Adkins, Morgan, Scanlan.
A RESOLUTION concerning the amend-
ment of Rule 27 [28]* of the Standing Rules
relative to notice required of committees be-
fore acting on delegate proposals.
THE PRESIDENT: Resolution No. 9 is
referred to the Committee on Rules, Creden-
tials and Convention Budget.
I believe I omitted referring the Sixth
Report of the Committee on Rules, Creden-
tials and Convention Budget. Under the
rules, of course, it would be referred to the
Committee on Calendar and Agenda and be
placed on the calendar for discussion at
such time as that committee may recom-
mend.
I have no announcements to make at this
time. Any announcements by committee
chairmen?
*The number in brackets refers to the
final number assigned to the rule in the
Rules of the Constitutional Convention of
Maryland. |
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Presi-
dent, ladies and gentlemen: The Committee
on the Legislative Branch has a very heavy
schedule for the next forty-eight hours, in-
volving. I might say, some national figures
in the field of state government. Tomorrow
morning at 9:30 A.M. we will hear from
Mr. Larry Margolis, Executive Director of
the National Citizens' Conference on State
Legislatures, and former principal aide to
Jesse Unruh, the Speaker of the House of
California. After him, we will hear from
Mr. George H. Morgan, the field representa-
tive for the Citizens' Conference on Legis-
latures, both of whom will talk about the
legislative process, and also the question of
unicameralism and bicameralism. Tomorrow
afternoon after the Plenary Session, the
Committee will hear from Mr. William J. D.
Boyd, the senior associate of the National
Municipal League, who will take a stand
in favor of unicameralism.
We will ask as many of our members as
possible to be present tomorrow, and also
on Wednesday for the scheduled speakers
at that time.
Mr. President, I am pleased to announce
that the productivity which has character-
ized members of this house has filtered down
to the administrative staff, and I am pleased
to say the administrative assistant of the
Committee on the Legislative Branch an-
nounces today, through the courtesy of his
wife, the birth of a son. The name is not
as yet definitely agreed upon, though I
understand it is nip and tuck between
Vernon Eney Berndt and Frederick Malkus
Berndt.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any other
announcements by committee chairmen?
DELEGATE PENNTMAN: Mr. Presi-
dent?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Penniman.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: Mr. Presi-
dent, I am pleased to announce the election
of Franklin Burdette as the Vice-Chairman
of the Committee on Style.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any other
announcements by committee chairmen?
Delegate Morgan?
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. President,
the Committee on the Executive Branch will
meet immediately following this session
when we will hear from Delegates Hender-
son, Cardin and Soul.
Tomorrow we have three witnesses. We
will meet at 10:00 A.M., and we will hear
Mr. Alvin Zumbrun of the Maryland Crime |
