Delegate Proposal No. 314. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 314, by Delegate Gill. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the State shall be-
gin an orderly and progressive transition
from the policy of incurring long-term in-
debtedness to financing all expenditures on
an annual basis.
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 314 is referred to the
Committee on State Finance and Taxation.
Delegate Proposal No. 315. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 315, by Delegate Gill. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the governor's bud-
get shall be enacted by both houses of the
General Assembly fourteen days before the
conclusion of the regularly scheduled ses-
sion.
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 315 is referred to the
Committee on State Finance and Taxation.
Delegate Proposal No. 316. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 316, by Delegate Gill. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the appropriate
standing committees of the Senate and
House of Delegates shall meet jointly
throughout the year to consider the gov-
ernor's budget,
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 316 is referred to the
Committee on State Finance and Taxation.
Delegate Proposal No. 317. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 317, by Delegate Gill. Title,
A PROPOSAL that no bill shall origi-
nate in either house during the last nine
days of the regularly scheduled session.
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 317 is referred to the
Committee on the Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 318. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 318, by Delegate Finch. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the General Assem-
bly shall provide for continuity of govern- |
ment in the event of a major disaster or
major enemy attack.
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 318 is referred to the
Committee on the Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 319. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 319, by Delegate Boyer. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the inhabitants of
Maryland shall continue to have the bene-
fit of the common law of England and
such of the English statutes as existed on
July 4, 1776, and also of all Acts of As-
sembly in force on June 1, 1867, except
such as may be inconsistent with this Con-
stitution or are lawfully changed, and that
the inhabitants of Maryland are also en-
titled to all property derived to them under
the Charter granted by Charles the First.
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 319 is referred to the
Committee on General Provisions.
Delegate Proposal No. 320. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 320, by Delegate K. L. Robie. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the members of each
board or commission which serves as the
head of a principal department, except the
governing board of an institution of higher
education and the state public school sys-
tem, shall be appointed by the governor
and that their terms of office shall be pre-
scribed by law.
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 320 is referred to the
Committee on the Executive Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 321. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 32I by Delegate Finch. Title,
A PROPOSAL that amendments to the
Constitution may be proposed either by the
affirmative vote of three-fifths of all the
members of each house of the General As-
sembly of two successively elected legisla-
tures or by a majority of all the members
of a constitutional convention, and that
the proposed amendment shall be submitted
to the voters of the State at a special or
general election as determined by the Gen-
eral Assembly.
THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Dele-
gate Proposal No. 32I is referred to the
Committee on General Provisions. |
