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Don't whittle away at the efforts of the
Local Government Committee and this Con-
vention on one of its most meritorious
causes. Support this amendment and the
amendment to delete the exception for
education.
THE PRESIDENT: Does any other
delegate desire to speak in opposition?
Delegate Churchill Murray.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: Mr.
Chairman and ladies and gentlemen, I
came here completely committed to the
principle of the legislature enacting gen-
eral laws only. The tide has risen and when
I stopped to think about the discussion
here this morning, I changed my position.
I think that you have got to leave the
counties in a position either for the legis-
lature or the local governments to enact
their own peculiar laws as the need arises.
I really rose, however, to tell you what
perhaps you are not familiar with, that
the development of the Chesapeake Bay
and its environs, has taken a new turn.
You may know that the Johns Hopkins
University, the University of Maryland,
and the Smithsonian Institution have com-
bined to develop information about the life
of the Bay. I think that on a long-range
basis this will become a factor.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Boyce.
DELEGATE BOYCE: I move the previ-
ous question.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second?
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Mac-
donald.
DELEGATE MACDONALD: Point of
order.
THE PRESIDENT: State the point.
DELEGATE MACDONALD: I rose five
or ten minutes ago and asked permission
to ask Delegate Moser a question. I have
been waiting to be recognized.
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair followed
the rule that whenever a delegate desires
to speak, it has priority over a delegate
desiring to ask a question. There are at
the moment, I judge by the number stand-
ing, a half a dozen delegates who would
desire to speak.
Delegate Boyce, would you be willing to
withdraw your motion to permit Delegate
Macdonald's question to be asked on the
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Chair's assurance that he will recognize
you immediately after?
DELEGATE BOYCE: I certainly will,
sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Moser,
will you take the floor to respond to a
question?
DELEGATE MOSER: I will, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Mao
donald.
DELEGATE MACDONALD: Delegate
Moser, in these remarks were you speaking
for the Local Government Committee or
for yourself?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Moser.
DELEGATE MOSER: I made it ck>;ir
when I started that I was speaking for
myself.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Boyce;.
DELEGATE BOYCE: Mr. President, I
move the previous question.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second?
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: For what purpose
does Delegate Ulrich rise?
DELEGATE ULRICH: I would like an
opportunity to speak on this subject. I do
not think everybody in this room com-
pletely understands the Local Government
Committee.
THE PRESIDENT: The only thing: the
Chair suggests in those circumstances is
that those who feel that if they are in
the majority, I would assume they would
vote against the motion for the previous
question.
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
The question arises on the motion to
order the previous question on the adoption
of Amendment No. 20 to Committee Eec-
ommendations LB-1, LB-2 and LB-3 as
amended by Style Committee Report S&E-
16. Because there is apparently a division
of opinion, the Chair will take a roll call
vote.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of order-
ing the previous question on the adoption
of Amendment No. 20. A vote No is a vote
against.
Cast your vote.
(Whereupon, a roll call vote was taken.)
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