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name of Heaven can we manage any re-
sources when people can come along and
subtly erode away the procedures that are
needed to protect these resources?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Raley,
your three minutes have expired.
DELEGATE RALEY: I wanted to make
one more statement, I know that there is a
need for variances in these natural re-
source laws. Section 3.23 makes it possible
to have that variance by providing for or
regulating the powers of departments,
agencies and instrumentalities of the state
government.
If the department makes a decision, local
legislation can be passed that will take
away that power, so that gives a valve out-
let. If we take out this section on natural
resources we could still have the power to
make the changes and differences and vari-
ances in the county and the General As-
sembly would still have the power to check
the agencies that made those changes.
THE PRESIDENT: Would anyone like
to speak in opposition?
Delegate Macdonald.
DELEGATE MACDONALD: I would
like to ask Delegate Moser a question.
THE PRESIDENT: Does any delegate
desire to speak in opposition?
Delegate Weidemeyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. Pres-
ident, I oppose this amendment. The way
the Committee had it was proper and cor-
rect. We have got to realize that deer-
hunting is just as dear to the legislature
as it is to the hunter in Garrett County,
or the hunter in Worcester County. How-
ever, there are differences in climate. For
instance, snow could fall earlier, and
weather could be colder in one area of the
State, so that we do have to have a differ-
ence just in deer-hunting. For example, on
our Bay area, there are certain areas of
the Bay where the scientists determine that
fish spawn. At certain seasons of the year
it may be perfectly all right to get certain
species of fish in one county where they
are not spawning, and where in another
county, probably the headwaters of the
Bay, there should be a difference.
So while I think this amendment tries to
uphold a theory, in practice it is imprac-
tical, and should be defeated.
THE PRESIDENT: Any other delegate
who wishes to speak in favor of the
amendment?
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Delegate Boyce.
DELEGATE BOYCE: I move the pre-
vious question.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second?
(The motion was duly seconded).
THE PRESIDENT: For what purpose
does Delegate Malkus rise?
DELEGATE MALKUS: This is a seri-
ous problem.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Malkus,
will you take your microphone, please?
DELEGATE MALKUS: I am going to
ask Mr. Boyce to withdraw his motion.
THE PRESIDENT: Is your microphone
switch on?
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
before making this request, I would like to
say that I have been in accord with most
of the motions to move the previous ques-
tion, but in each and every one of those
cases the subject matter was thoroughly
discussed. That is not the case before us
now. There are several of us who would
like to speak on the matter. It is very im-
portant to the area that we represent, and
I would respectfully ask Mr. Boyce if he
will withdraw his motion.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Boyce.
DELEGATE BOYCE: I would be de-
lighted to oblige Senator Malkus, although
I will say if it gets too long I will be on my
feet again to close the colloquy, because
we have discussed it several times.
THE PRESIDENT: The motion is with-
drawn.
Delegate Winslow, do you desire to speak
in favor?
DELEGATE WINSLOW: Yes.
Mr. President and members of the Con-
vention, the amount of space covered by
this term "natural environment and na-
tural resources" concerns me a very great
deal. I do not understand what the defini-
tion of natural resources is as lawyers
might understand it, but it seems to me in
this one term we have covered a multitude
of items, and conceivably a multitude of
sins, for natural resources will include all
matters, including water, soil, game, tim-
ber, natural gas, fish, parks, open spaces.
Under the provisions that we have in this
language, the legislature could legislate for
rabbits in Harford County, for foxes in
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