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and, therefore, it went through the Com-
mittee of the Whole, precisely what was
wanted.
The Committee on Style and Drafting,
excuse me, I speak for myself, not for the
Committee on Style and Drafting, for
whom no one can speak at this point. I find
that this more nearly meets what I would
have preferred than ony other statement
of it.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Dele-
gate Gallagher, do you wish to further
answer the question?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I will just
trespass a moment. May I suggest under
the language which Delegate Taylor just
made reference to existing in page 3 that
if the State of Maryland found that it was
necessary in order to preserve the continu-
ity of state and local public offices that
2,000 people should be jailed because other-
wise they would be assassins of all those
who held public office, you could, under this
language, simply jail these people. I do not
think that is what we intended, and I do
not think Style and Drafting intended that.
I would hope under these circumstances
the amendment would be adopted.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Dele-
gate Taylor.
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: I am still
sort of in doubt. It seems to me you are
trying to preserve continuity of govern-
ment, this was the intention of the changes
in style, to preserve continuity of govern-
ment —
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Are
you addressing a question to anyone, Dele-
gate Taylor?
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: Either Dele-
gate Gallagher or Delegate Penniman.
Originally they were in the first pro-
posal, this continuity of government, trying
to preserve the continuity of government.
Here you have something concerning con-
tinuity of government, and the last amend-
ment by Delegate Gallagher does not say
anything about preserving continuity of
government. This is why I am sort of in
doubt about it.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Do
you understand the question, Delegate Pen-
niman? To whom is that question ad-
dressed, Delegate Taylor; to Delegate Pen-
niman or Delegate Gallagher?
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: Delegate
Gallagher.
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DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Do
you understand the question, Delegate Gal-
lagher?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I think it
is a question of phraseology. It is our in-
tention in this second sentence to Amend-
ment No. 11, wherein we say "Any suspen-
sion shall be for the period of the emer-
gency only," to make sure that the suspen-
sion is tightly construed in a time fashion.
Only provisions of this constitution con-
cerning continuity of state and local public
offices and concerning inferentially their
governmental operations may be suspended.
We try to indicate that we do not want to
get into any other spheres of the constitu-
tion, and particularly not bill of rights
spheres, so we cannot suspend personal
rights and privileges.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Dele-
gate Taylor.
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: One last
question :
Supposing in line 13 you add "concern-
ing the preservation of continuity of state
and local public offices"? Would that be
more accurate? Would this be the sense you
are trying to obtain?
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Dele-
gate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I think I
could put "preservation of continuity of
state and local public offices," but I do not
think it adds anything. It would be by way
of emphasis.
I think the sentence is clear as it is
written.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Dele-
gate Scanlan.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: I have some
doubt about the amendment. No one has a
higher regard for liberty and personal
rights than myself, but in an emergency
of the sort contemplated by the provision
I suppose the federal government would
move, either through civil or military au-
thorities, if the British experience is any
indication, and personal rights would have
to be somewhat abridged. The whole prob-
lem of curfews, the problem of looting that
often arises in this type emergency, would
present problems that might require some
suspension of the ordinary rights of the
accused, and certainly some circumscrip-
tion of the ordinary freedom of movement
on the part of the citizen.
As I understand Delegate Gallagher's
explanation of his amendment, at least in-
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