Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
All those in favor of the motion to
amend, signify by saying Aye; opposed, No.
The Ayes have it. It is so ordered.
The question now arises on Resolution
No. 9 as amended. Is there any discussion?
(There was no response.)
Since this is an amendment of the rules,
a roll call vote is called for.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote. There
being 134 votes in the affirmative and one
in the negative, the motion carries. The
resolution as amended is adopted. The rule
stands amended.
The question now arises on Resolution
No. 11. The question is on the adoption of
the resolution notwithstanding the unfavor-
able report of the committee. The Chair-
man recognizes Delegate Finch.
DELEGATE FINCH: Mr. President,
fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: I
have set forth my arguments for adoption
of Resolution No. 1I in the memorandum
attached thereto. I still think that the argu-
ments are very good ones because the reso-
lution sets up a uniform procedure in
handling each resolution after it has been
introduced to the Convention, and then re-
ferred to a committee.
Secondly, once the resolution has been
referred to a committee, it should subse-
quently be debated in committee. Finally
the Chief Clerk is charged with the re-
sponsibility of making some notations as
to what is the final disposition made of
each resolution.
These are the arguments for favorable
adoption of the resolution on the procedural
aspects.
Now turning to the substantive aspects
in favor of the adoption of this resolution,
each delegate is assured that or at least
should be assured that his resolution is
going to be considered on its merits.
Furthermore, if a written report is made
by the committee and filed with the Chief
Clerk, the public has information as to
what happened to that particular resolu-
tion.
Thirdly, you have the problem of docu-
mentation of the resolution. As Governor |
Driscoll pointed out, there are many pro-
posals that have been introduced wherein
they may not rise to constitutional level
but which still have good merit and should
be considered further perhaps by the ex-
ecutive branch of government and referred
on to the legislature for further action.
These are several of my reasons for the
adoption of Resolution No. 1I and I urge
you to give it a favorable vote.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any further
discussion? Are you ready for the question?
Although the resolution does not in terms
amend the rules, its adoption would, it
seems to me, be substantially equivalent to
amendment of the rules and I would there-
fore like to have a roll call vote. A vote
Aye is a vote in favor of the resolution
notwithstanding the unfavorable report of
the committee. A vote No is a vote against
the adoption of the resolution.
(Whereupon the roll call was taken.)
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
If not, the Clerk will record the vote.
There being 12 votes in the affirmative and
120 in the negative, the motion is lost. The
resolution is rejected.
Next item on the calendar is introduc-
tion and first reading of proposals. There
are nine proposals, numbers 356 to 365. I
call your attention to the fact that there
have been circulated a number of memo-
randa pertaining to proposals heretofore
introduced, memoranda pertaining to pro-
posals No. 6, 153, 189, 231, 242.
Delegate Proposal No. 356. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 356, by Delegate Sherbow and Case at
the request of the Committee on State Fi-
nance and Taxation. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the State shall value
property according to a uniform method or
methods for purposes of determining prop-
erty tax assessments and the share of gov-
ernmental units in any distribution of
funds based in whole or in art on such as-
sessments.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 356 is referred to the Committee on
State Finance and Taxation.
Delegate Proposal No. 357. The Clerk
will read the proposal. |
