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was the intention of the majority. If he has
any other question I would like to answer it.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Does anyone wish to speak in favor of the
amendment at this time?
Delegate Scanlan.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: I suppose soul
and overpowering quality of the Kiefer
amendment is its complete, utter lack of
any meaning. However, with so many other
meaningless clauses that you insist on in-
serting in the constitution, maybe it will
go unnoticed.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Does anyone desire to speak against the
amendment ?
Delegate E. Churchill Murray is recog-
nized.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: I must
speak against the amendment and for the
same reason Delegate Scanlan supports it.
I think it pulls the road out from under
our intent.
Also, the question of the legislature mak-
ing one provision for one political subdivi-
sion, and another for another political sub-
division is either right or it is wrong. The
action for the entire State should be in one
direction or the other.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Clagett, do you speak for the
amendment?
DELEGATE CLAGETT: Mr. Chairman, I
wish to propose an amendment. I suggested
to Delegate Kiefer that we simply add the
words "by general law" at the end of the
sentence. I understand that that has not
been accepted. Therefore, feeling that it is
quite important, I would move the amend-
ment to include those words "by public
general law."
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Kiefer has said he would prefer
not to accept that amendment and we have
to have unanimous consent. Otherwise it
would have to be printed or presented.
DELEGATE CLAGETT: Therefore I pro-
pose to print such an amendment and have
it before this assembly. It is a matter of
great importance in order to preserve a
degree of uniformity throughout the State
and to avoid getting the General Assembly
squarely back into the area of local legisla-
tion. This body should appreciate that fact,
and in order to avoid that confusion, I feel
; that the amendment is essential.
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DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Kiefer.
DELEGATE KIEFER: Mr. Chairman, I
would not object to this body acting on the
amendment. I did not mean that. If you
want to add it to an amendment, I will not
stand on ceremony. I just said I would not
change my language.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Clagett.
DELEGATE CLAGETT: Therefore, I
would move that Amendment No. 10 include
the words at the end of the sentence "by
general public law."
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Is there any objection to considering this
amendment without having the printed
amendment before us?
If there is none, the Chair rules we can
vote on the amendment, without having it
before us.
Is there any further discussion?
Delegate Weidemeyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. Presi-
dent, I would like to ask Delegate Clagett
if he would add an "s" on law. I can see
that the legislature may not enact removal
of sovereign immunity by one law, and it
may be embodied in several laws. Therefore
the "s" should be added.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Clagett.
DELEGATE CLAGET.T: Mr. Chairman, I
would have no objection. That is a matter
for Style. "By public general law" means a
series of laws or a single law, but not neces-
sarily at the same time. There can be subse-
quent law that would follow. But I would
have no objection in order that the Com-
mittee on Style would know the full intent
and therefore would add the letter "s" on
the word law.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Dukes.
DELEGATE DUKES: Are we speaking
only on the Clagett amendment? I wish to
speak to Mr. Kiefer's amendment, but I will
wait until the appropriate time.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Mr. Chair-
man.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate Bamberger.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: I rise to re-
quest the Chairman of the Committee on
Local Government to explain to me what
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