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DELEGATE DULANY: That is correct.
If you will notice in my original amend-
ment I mentioned spouse rather than wife
because under some circumstances there
can be a very wealthy member of the
distaff side of the family who has a de-
pendent husband to support.
THE PRESIDENT: As I understand the
use of the word "dependent" it was not
used in any legal sense but in its ordinary
normal English sense.
Delegate Singer?
DELEGATE SINGER: Mr. President,
I have a question of Delegate Dulany.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Dulany,
will you take the floor to yield to a ques-
tion?^
DELEGATE DULANY: Yes.
DELEGATE SINGER: In an instance
where the wife remarried, the children of
the first marriage being entirely supported
by the second husband, would this relieve
the first husband of all duty to support
those children, or could it be enforced?
DELEGATE DULANY: As I under-
stand the law, the first husband is never
relieved of the duty of support unless the
second husband adopts those children.
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair suggests
that the discussion is far afield on this
point, and perhaps because you do not have
the printed amendment.
What you are talking about here is an
obligation for support created in one of
two ways — either by decree or alimony.
You are not dependent upon the law gen-
erally to define the obligation of support.
Delegate Singer?
DELEGATE SINGER: My confusion
arises as to whether or not this amend-
ment changes the existing law.
THE PRESIDENT: I do not think there
would be confusion if the amendment were
before you. I suggest we pass it and come
back to it, if we can have it printed right
away.
As the Chair understands the language,
it would not have the effect thought of.
DELEGATE GILL: A point of personal
privilege.
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE GILL: Mr. President and
fellow delegates, I would like for the con-
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vention to join in congratulating one of
our delegates for an award which he re-
ceived Wednesday. He received this award,
along with four other people — Gen. George
Gelston, Father Joseph Connally, The Rev.
Mr. Frank O. Wilson, and Judge George
Russell.
It was from the newspaper A fro- Ameri-
can, and it was their diamond jubilee honor
roll award. The delegate is Dr. Harry
Bard.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Burgess.
DELEGATE BURGESS: Personal
privilege.
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE BURGESS: I would like to
announce the presence of the sister of
Walter Finch, Mrs. Jane Twamley, one of
Mr. Finch's seven sisters, a school teacher
in Southern High School in Baltimore,
Maryland.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: We will pass over
Amendment No. 9 for the moment. We will
have a copy of the section as it would ap-
pear for you very quickly.
Delegate Kiefer, do you wish to offer
your Amendment R to section 1.13?
Delegate Willoner.
DELEGATE WILLONER: Yes, that is
an amendment primarily of style on which
I think we will get pretty much unanimous
consent.
THE PRESIDENT: All right, will the
pages please distribute Amendment R, "R"
for Roger.
We have a problem in that we are fast
running out of roll call sheets. The man is
here to insert them. We have to shut down
when that is done. The Chair has advised
him he can have custody of the machine
at 6:00 P.M. promptly. We will have to re-
cess at that hour.
This will be Amendment No. 10. The
Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 10
to Committee Recommendations No. R&P-1
and R&P-2, as amended by Report S&D-9,
by Delegates Kiefer, Willoner, Johnson,
Penniman and Marion.
On page 4, section 1.13, Jury Trial in
Civil Cases, in line 10 strike out the words
"not less than"; and in line 12 after the
word "six" add the words "or more than
twelve".
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