Help us to go forward in what we do
here with the intent we express every time
we say the Lord's Prayer. "Thy kingdom
come on earth as it is in Heaven."
In Jesus' name we ask it.
Amen.
THE PRESIDENT: Roll call.
(Whereupon a roll call was taken.)
THE PRESIDENT: Have all delegates
answered roll call? The Clerk will record
the roll call.
There being a quorum present, the Con-
vention is in session.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Powers,
Chairman of the Committee on Calendar
and Agenda.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
I move the adoption of today's calendar.
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: All those in favor
of the motion, signify by saying Aye; op-
posed, No. The Ayes have it. It is so or-
dered.
The calendar is adopted. First order of
business is reports of standing committees.
I think all of you will be very pleased to
know that under this heading for the first
time today we have a committee recom-
mendation, the first committee recommenda-
tion to reach the floor. Committee Recom-
mendation GP-1. The Clerk will read the
recommendation.
READING CLERK: Committee Recom-
mendation GP-1 by the Committee on
General Provisions, Elroy G. Boyer, Chair-
man.
A RECOMMENDATION that the Con-
stitution include a provision on militia.
The PRESIDENT: Committee Recom-
mendation GP-1 is referred to the Com-
mittee of the Whole. Accompanying the
Committee Recommendation GP-1 is Com-
mittee Memorandum GP-1. Your should
have this. This constitutes the Committee's
report, its statement of the reasons behind
its recommendation.
As I am sure all the delegates are
aware, the recommendation under the rules
must lay over for three days, then becomes
part of the general orders and will be on
the agenda for the Committee of the Whole
to act upon the recommendation at that |
time. In all probability, this will come
about next Tuesday.
Next item is introduction and first read-
ing of proposals. There are six proposals
today. We seem to have reversed the trend.
Before reading the proposals, I call to your
attention that there have been distributed
nine memoranda accompanying delegate
proposals heretofore introduced. These are
memoranda accompanying Proposals Num-
bers 147, 149, 211, 212, 233, 244, 274, and
304, by Delegate Finch, and memorandum
accompanying Delegate Proposal 250 by
Delegate Bard. This latter memorandum
is a reprint of an earlier memorandum,
reprinted at the request of Delegate Bard
to correct certain typographical errors.
Please destroy your existing memorandum
that is in your notebook. That is the
memorandum for Delegate Proposal No.
250. You have another one to take its
place today.
Delegate Proposal No. 403. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 403, by Delegate Hanson. Title,
A PROPOSAL that establishes single-
memder districts for the election of mem-
bers of the House of Delegates and of the
Senate; that each delegate district shall
be composed of contiguous territory, shall
he as compact in form as practicable, and
shall follow natural boundaries and the
boundaries of political subdivisions' insofar
as practicable; that the range of deviation
between the populations of the largest and
the smallest districts in the State shall
not exceed five per cent of the mean popu-
lation per delegate district; that each sena-
torial district shall consist of an equal num-
ber of contiguous delegate districts and
shall be as compact as practicable; and
that the membership of the House of Dele-
gates and of the Senate shall be redis-
tricted in 1970 and every twentieth year
thereafter and also in 1982 and every
twentieth year thereafter.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 403 is referred to the Committee on
the Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 404. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 404, by Delegate Needle. Title,
A PROPOSAL that no court records of
criminal cases resulting in verdicts of not
guilty or probation without verdict shall |
