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If not, we will proceed with the next
order.
As I understand the order of business,
we take each section as to style.
The Chair is advised that any amend-
ments offered have to be germane to the
style amendments.
Section 3.01.
Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: There are a
fair number of style amendments which are
in the mill and will be out which I will offer
on behalf of the Committee. They are not
here at the moment.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): There
will be no objection to coming back to the
particular sections involved. In the mean-
time we can go through it section by sec-
tion, with the understanding that we will
come back for the committee amendments
as to style.
Section 3.01?
The Chair hears no amendments.
Section 3.02? Section 3.03? Section 3.04?
Section 3.05? Section 3.06? Section 3.07?
Section 3.08 ? Section 3.09 ?
Delegate Clark.
DELEGATE CLARK: Mr. President, I
have a question in reference to section 3.09
for Chairman Gallagher, if he would yield.
It does not have anything to do with style.
As you know, Chairman Gallagher, I have
had a few misgivings about allowing the
General Assembly to set their salary, and
what I want to know is whether, in your
opinion, any law raising the salary of the
members of the General Assembly would
be subject to the referendum provisions
under this constitution ?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: My answer
would be that any separate bill raising the
salary of the members of the General As-
sembly would be subject to referendum.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Dele-
gate Clark.
DELEGATE J. CLARK: In your opinion,
could they raise their salaries by anything
other than a separate bill?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I do not
claim to be an expert, but I would suppose
that by budget amendment —
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): You
can't enact legislation in a budget; but I
do not want to answer the question for you.
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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: In the ab-
sence of doing it in a budget, I do not see
how it could otherwise be done without
being subject to referendum.
DELEGATE J. CLARK: I am very hap-
py with that answer, and it makes me feel
a little better.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): That
is the intention of the Committee.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: That is
right.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding):
Section 3.10? Section 3.11? Section 3.12?
Section 3.13? Section 3.14? Section 3.15?
Section 3.10? Section 3.17? Section 3.18?
Section 3.19? Section 3.20? Section 3.21?
Section 3.22? Section 3.23?
The Chair recognizes Delegate Carson.
DELEGATE CARSON: Mr. Chairman,
we have an amendment to section 3.23
which is being typed at this time and
printed, and has, I believe, 16 or 17 spon-
sors. It is one of style.
May it be possible to delay that until it
can be printed and in front of everyone?
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Dele-
gate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: May I say
insofar as section 3.23 is concerned, I would
intend to yield to Chairman Moser on all
the sentences in this particular section that
originated in 7.06, because I do feel that
this is a local government problem, and it
has been transferred. I would rather not
speak on behalf of his Committee on mat-
ters which it originally considered in the
past.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Dele-
gate Moser.
DELEGATE MOSER: I simply wanted
to thank Delegate Gallagher for his gen-
erosity.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): He
is a very courteous gentleman.
Delegate Grant.
DELEGATE GRANT: I have an amend-
ment which is being prepared. It is one of
style. It would simply insert numbers be-
fore all the exceptions. It would be internal
numbering within the paragraphs, as I
mentioned to Delegate Penniman when he
was making his presentation.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Very
well.
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