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DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Amendment No. 14 is divided into two
parts, the first part being lines 1 through
3 and the second part being lines 5 through
7. The amendment is open for discussion.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: Mr. Chairman,
if the first part of this now divided ques-
tion is adopted, and the second part is not
adopted, do we not end up with an incon-
sistency in that we have used county elec-
tions in two places in the Committee Rec-
ommendation, but if the Committee of the
Whole should take that action —
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
It would mean we would have a standard
situation over all the State rather than
what is now divided.
Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: Mr. Chairman,
my point is this: If that portion of the
amendment in lines 1 through 3 were to
be adopted, it would mean inserting county
officials in line 22 in the second paragraph
of section 7 of the Committee Recommen-
dation. But if lines 5 through 7 of the
amendment were to be defeated, that
would mean the word "county" would re-
main in line 27 in the third paragraph of
the Committee Recommendation, thus
creating an inconsistency. Therefore, I
wonder whether or not the question is
truly divisible.
DELEGATE DUKES: If there is any
question, I would be happy to have the
sponsor strike the second part.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
The Parliamentarian advises me that there
are two different questions in the amend-
ment and that they certainly can be voted
on separately, even if they do create an
inconsistency.
The Chair recog-nizes Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man, ladies and gentlemen of the House.
Would the Chair give permission to the
Baltimore City delegates in the Committee
of the Whole to assemble outside in the
lounge for a few moments to discuss one
aspect of this entire matter?
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
If there is no objection, that permission is
granted.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Byrnes.
DELEGATE BYRNES: Mr. Chairman,
can we have a quorum call so we can round
up the ones who are around?
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DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
The absence of a quorum has been sug-
gested. Would everyone present indicate
their presence? You did not suggest the
absence of a quorum. Just ring the bell.
The roll call will not be necessary. Ab-
sence of a quorum was not suggested. The
gentleman just asked that we ring the
quorum bell.
The Chair recog-nizes Delegate Schloeder.
DELEGATE SCHLOEDER: Mr. Chair-
man, now that the City deleg-ation is meet-
ing in caucus, I wonder if the majority of
the Committee could have some sort of
colonial act or legislative act to sit in on
those proceedings?
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Does anyone desire to speak on the amend-
ment?
Delegate Macdonald.
DELEGATE MACDONALD: Mr. Chair-
man.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
The Chair recognizes Delegate Macdonald.
DELEGATE MACDONALD: In view of
the fact that the very important contingent
of this Committee of the Whole is not
present, I would move that the Committee
rise for the purpose of asking the Con-
vention to take a short recess until our
delegates from Baltimore City return. I
think this question before the Convention
is important and that they should be here
to hear the very valuable debate.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
The Chair would suggest they will be only
a very few moments probably and if we
wait a minute, I think they will be right
back here.
The Chair recog-nizes Delegate Kiefer.
DELEGATE KIEFER: Mr. Chairman,
while the Baltimore City delegation is out,
do you suppose it would be appropriate at
this point for us to submit a little amend-
ment that Delegates Weidemeyer, Hostetter
and I have had in the back of our pockets
a long1 time, namely, to re-establish the
monarchy?
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Scanlan.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: In this inter-
lude, I can report that for the first time in
this Convention my colleague, Delegate
Weidemeyer has become shy. He has a per-
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