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You are referring to the phrase on lines
15 and 16, that all political power originates
in the people?
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: Yes.
My question was, could I amend the first
section of the Declaration of Rights. I was
not relating this to the preamble. I was
relating it to .the first section of the Bill
of Rights.
THE CHAIRMAN: Would you wish to
remove that clause from the preamble ?
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: Not necessar-
ily so.
THE CHAIRMAN: Then if you desire
only to have it added to the Declaration of
Rights, have the page get Mr. Benson for
you, and he will prepare the amendment.
Will you please do so now, so the amend-
ment could be prepared quickly for you?
Delegate Beatrice Miller.
DELEGATE B. MILLER: Mr. Chair-
man, I have an amendment which I think
will do just that which is coming up on
Article I.
THE CHAIRMAN: Will you let Dele-
gate Lloyd Taylor see it.
DELEGATE B. MILLER: I do not have
it. It is a new section 1, that is, an addi-
tion. My amendment is to retain Article I
of the present Constitution.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does your amend-
ment go to page 2?
DELEGATE B. MILLER: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Has it been printed,
do you know?
DELEGATE B. MILLER: I have not
yet received a returned copy of it, no.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair has no
copy of such an amendment.
Reading clerk, do you have one?
READING CLERK: No, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: I would suggest that
you have a page check with Mr. Benson,
because there are none here.
Delegate Weidemeyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. Pres-
ident and delegates of the Convention: for
the benefit of Delegates Miller and Taylor
I might state that, as the President pointed
out, our preamble recognizes the fact that
all power emanates from the people, and
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also in our Recommendation R&P-2, section
2, which is the 10th Amendment of the
Constitution of the United States, it rec-
ognizes that power is reserved to the
people, and such power is not granted to
the federal government in the Constitution,
nor prohibited by that document to the
states; and it is reserved to the state and
the people respectively. With those two
things in mind, I think they will probably
not want to insert further amendments.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well.
Are there any amendments to section 1?
(There was no response.)
The Chair hears none.
Section 2.
Delegate Bennett, do you still desire to
offer your amendment?
DELEGATE BENNETT: I do, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: The pages will dis-
tribute Amendment I.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 2
to Committee Recommendation R&P-1, by
Delegate Bennett:
On page 2 section 2, Freedom of Religion,
in lines 21 and 22 strike out the following
words: ", nor prohibiting the free exercise
thereof".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
submitted by Delegate Bennett. Is there a
second.
(Whereupon, the amendment was sec-
onded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment hav-
ing been seconded, the Chair recognizes
Delegate Bennett to speak to the amend-
ment.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Mr. Chair-
man, may I come forward to the rostrum
a moment?
THE CHAIRMAN: I am sorry. Would
you say that again?
DELEGATE BENNETT: May I come
forward to the rostrum?
THE CHAIRMAN: We have not been
permitting that on the amendments, Dele-
gate Bennett. Is there a special reason
for it?
DELEGATE BENNETT: No, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well.
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