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date provided in the rules of November 17
and therefore requires consent of the Con-
vention to be received at this time. The
Chair recognizes Delegate Adkins to move
that the consent of the Convention be given
to receiving Committee Recommendation
EB-2 at this time.
DELEGATE ADKINS: I so move, Mr.
Chairman.
(Whereupon the motion was duly sec-
onded.)
THE PRESIDENT: Any discussion? All
in favor, signify by saying Aye; contrary,
No. The Ayes have it. It is so ordered.
Delegate Bradshaw.
DELEGATE BRADSHAW: Mr. Presi-
dent, it gives me great pleasure to an-
nounce the presence in the gallery imme-
diately above the rostrum of the Current
Events Club of the Georgetown Prepara-
tory School of Garrett Park, Montgomery
County, Maryland. The boys are accom-
panied by Mr. Locher. This is an especially
happy occasion, I am sure, for the Chair-
man of our Rules Committee whose son,
Al Scanlan, Jr., is part of this class. Al
F. Scanlan is one of the officers of the
Current Events Club. I ask all of you to
welcome this group. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Appendix to Mi-
nority Report R&P-1(C). The Clerk will
read the report.
READING CLERK: Appendix accom-
panying Minority Report R&P-1(C).
THE PRESIDENT: The appendix will
be received and distributed.
Memorandum of certain delegates. The
Clerk will read the memorandum.
READING CLERK: Memorandum in
support of the deletion of section 10,
Criminal Jury, Judge of Law and Fact,
of the majority recommendation as set
forth on page 3, lines 35 through 40, in-
clusive, of Committee Recommendation
R&P-2.
THE PRESIDENT: The memorandum
will be received and distributed.
Are there any motions or resolutions?
The Chair recognizes Delegate Powers.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
I move the Convention resolve itself into
the Committee of the Whole for the pur-
pose of considering general orders of the
day.
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THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second?
(The 'motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: All in favor, sig-
nify by saying ,Aye; contrary, No. The
Ayes have it. It is so ordered.
(Whereupon, at 2:17 P.M., the Convention
resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole.)
(The mace was removed by the Sergeant-
at-Arms.)
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
DECEMBER 8, 1967—2:17 P.M.
PRESIDENT H. VERNON ENEY,
PRESIDING
THE CHAIRMAN: The Committee of
the Whole will please come to order.
The Committee of the Whole still has
under consideration Committee Recommen-
dation S&E-2. Prior to recess, we were
about to consider an amendment being pro-
posed by Delegate Bamberger. The Chair
understands that Delegate Bothe has an
amendment which she would like to con-
sider first and Delegate Bamberger con-
sents. The Chair recognizes Delegate Bothe.
DELEGATE BOTHE: Mr. Chairman
and members of the Committee of the
Whole: The amendment is not here for
distribution. I think I can explain it to you
very easily or you can take your pencils
out and simply run them across section 5
because the proposal is that that section
which gives the General Assembly some
authority to disenfranchise felons and
people who are mentally incapacitated be
deleted from the Constitution and that only
the residence and age qualifications con-
tained in the Constitution remain as pre-
requisites to vote.
THE CHAIRMAN: Just a second, Dele-
gate Bothe. The proposed amendment not
yet printed is to strike all of section 5,
Disqualification, comprising lines 32 through
40 inclusive on page 2. Is there any ob-
jection to considering the amendment at
this time though not printed with the un-
derstanding that the printed amendment
will be on your desk this afternoon? There
is no objection. Is there a second to the
amendment?
(7The motion was didij seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment be-
ing seconded, the Chair recognizes Dele-
gate Bothe to speak to the amendment. This
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