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Proceedings and Debates of the 1967 Constitutional Convention
Volume 104, Volume 1, Debates 197   View pdf image (33K)
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[Oct 3] DEBATES 197
a conservation bill of rights shall require
preservation of the natural resources, wild
life, and wasting assets of the State.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 273 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 274. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 274, by Delegate Finch. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the finances of state
government shall he subject to an annual
external audit by independent firms of
certified public accountants, which firms
shall be appointed by the legislature sub-
ject to ratification by a vote of the people
at each state gubernatorial election.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 274 is referred to the Committee on
State Finance and Taxation.
Delegate Proposal No. 275. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 275, by Delegate Finch. Title,
A PROPOSAL that any police power or
governmental agency of any nature shall
be prohibited from using any eavesdrop-
ping or recording equipment, devices, ap-
paratuses, or processes.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 275 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 276. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 276, by Delegate Wheatley. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the governing boards
of state institutions of higher education
shall have exclusive general supervision
thereof and such control and direction of
all expenditures from the institutions' funds
as may be feasible and consistent with
their status as public agencies.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 276 is referred to the Committee on
General Provisions.
The next item on the agenda, motions
and resolutions. The first resolution is Reso-
lution No. 10. I will ask the Clerk to read
the resolution in its entirety.
READING CLERK: Resolution No. 10,
by Delegates Beall, Gilchrist, Mosner and
Ritter.
A RESOLUTION expressing the pro-
found regret of the Convention over the
untimely death of the Honorable Ralph R.
Webster, of Allegany County.
The Delegates to the Constitutional Con-
vention of Maryland learned with deep re-
gret of the passing of Honorable Ralph R.
Webster on October 2nd, 1967.
Mr. Webster was elected a delegate to
this Convention from Allegany County, and
was sworn in on July 11th, 1967, but illness
required him to offer his resignation.
Ralph R. Webster was born in Somerset
County. After attending the public schools
in that county, he was graduated from St.
John's College, later receiving a master's
degree from the University of Maryland
and Johns Hopkins Universities. His career
in the educational field covered posts in
Frederick, Garrett and Allegany Counties,
and he had served from 1952 until 1966 as
Superintendent of Schools in Allegany
County.
In his service as Superintendent of
Schools for Allegany County, Ralph Web-
ster made an outstanding record during a
period of considerable stress. Expansion of
facilities, provision of new programs, the
founding of the first community college in
Western Maryland, and strengthening of
faculty and administrative standards
marked his administration. His services
were not limited to those required of his
vocation, and Mr. Webster made many other
contributions to his community, including
service as chairman of Cumberland's Civil
Service Commission, as an advisor to the
Naval Reserve, and as an officer or member
of many civic, church and fraternal groups.
He was a 33rd Degree Mason, an honor
which comes to few men.
Thousands of citizens of Maryland are
better men and women because of the devo-
tion of Ralph R. Webster to the cause of
education and to the betterment of the area
in which he lived. More than forty years
of daily work among our young people have
left with them a lasting imprint of this
fine man. Quiet and warm in personality,
marked by sincerity and held in respect and
affection by everyone who knew him, Ralph
Webster's contributions to the people of his
State will long be remembered.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN-
TION OF MARYLAND, that the deepest
sympathy of every member of this Conven-
tion be, and it is hereby expressed over the
passing of the Honorable Ralph R. Webster
of Allegany County, and


 
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