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calls a constitutional convention at any
time prior to then".
Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Mr. Chair-
man, how would that apply to the provision
for a referendum in line 6? Is this to pre-
suppose that the call mentioned in the
amendment of the General Assembly would
also include the submission to referendum
as the alternative method provided for in
the Committee Recommendation on lines 6,
7, and 8? For example, if there was a
referendum and the referendum was de-
feated would this then preclude this man-
datory provision? I would think this
would —
THE CHAIRMAN: I think your point
is well taken, Delegate Wheatley. I think
the correction was made too quickly. I
think the change in line 6 should not have
been made. Delegate Needle, would you
concur?
DELEGATE NEEDLE: I think that is
correct, Mr. Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well. The modi-
fication should be then simply to strike
from line 5 the word "governor". There is
no other change. Thank you, Delegate
Wheatley.
Is there any further discussion?
(There was no response.)
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on adoption of
Amendment No. 5 as modified. The Clerk
will ring the quorum bell.
The question arises on adoption of
Amendment No. 5 as modified to Commit-
tee Recommendation GP-8.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 5. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your votes.
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 14 votes in the affirmative
and 114 in the negative, the motion is lost.
The amendment is rejected.
The next amendment will be Amendment
H, H for how, it will be Amendment No. 6,
The Clerk will read the amendment.
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READING CLERK: Amendment No. 6
to Committee Recommendation GP-8, by
Delegates Needle, Hardwicke and Sollins:
On page 1 in line 14 strike out the words
"one year" and insert in lieu thereof the
following words: "two years".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment hav-
ing been submitted by Delegate Needle,
seconded by Delegates Hardwicke and Sol-
lins, the Chair recognizes Delegate Needle.
DELEGATE NEEDLE: Mr. Chairman,
did you say this was amendment H or G?
THE CHAIRMAN: Sorry. I do not have
G. This should be amendment G, that will
be Amendment No. G. The Clerk will read
the amendment again.
Just a second. Let it stand and H will be
6 and we will come back to G. I do not
think it will cause any problems.
DELEGATE NEEDLE: I think amend-
ment H would be dependent upon passage
of amendment G at least in part of one of
its sentences.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well. Please
correct amendment G, that will be Amend-
ment No. 6. The Clerk will read the amend-
ment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 6
to Committee Recommendation GP-8, by
Delegates Needle, Hardwicke, and Sollins:
On page 1 in line 14 strike out the words
"one year" and insert in lieu thereof the
following words: "two years".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment hav-
ing been submitted by Delegate Needle and
seconded by Delegates Hardwicke and
Sollins, the Chair recognizes Delegate
Needle.
DELEGATE NEEDLE: Mr. Chairman,
this amendment changes from one year to
two years the time during which a consti-
tutional convention commission will have
to do its work.
Note that a constitutional convention
commission would be appointed within sixty
days after a convention is called. It must
then organize, conduct its research, its
hearings, its deliberations, and print its
recommendations, well before the election
of delegates.
It would be impossible, I submit, to do
all this within the time otherwise per-
mitted by Committee Recommendation
GP-8 which, if you figure carefully, would
be approximately six months.
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