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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: This is a
substantive question, but I wanted to cor-
rect the record.
Dr. Philips did raise the question with
me. He raised it, however, during the
period when we were discussing education
this morning, and I think understandably
I did not take note of it.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Presi-
dent, in the event that one should decide
that the constitutional convention could
set a date for a special election on the
constitution which it produced, how would
it go about providing funds for the spe-
cial election, if you gave the constitutional
convention the option?
THE PRESIDENT: I suppose it could,
but I think your point is well taken. I
think Delegate Boyer's answer is the one
that is most apt to apply in most cases.
Are there any further amendments to
section 10.02 or 10.03?
Delegate Ross.
DELEGATE ROSS: Mr. President, in
reference to this colloquy just concluded
in terms of what Delegate Boyer said in
terms of requiring election laws, the pres-
ent election laws do require every board of
election supervisor to give public notice
of time and place of all elections in each
precinct. In view of that, I wonder whether
this language in here is absolutely neces-
sary.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Boyer.
DELEGATE BOYER: I would concur
it is not absolutely necessary. Absolute is,
of course, a generic term. I can see no
harm that it does, and would prefer that
it stay in to relieve any doubt or fear that
there might be a slip up.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well.
Are there any further amendments to
any of the sections of Committee Recom-
mendation GP-7, GP-8, GP-9, GP-12?
Delegate Beatrice Miller.
DELEGATE B. MILLER: I would like
to get back to that same question of notice.
If Chairman Boyer does not feel this is
anything different than what we already
have provided for and is not necessary. I
for one would like to move that we strike
the sentence. This constitution is getting;
longer and longer, especially the longer it
takes on this floor.
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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Miller,
the Chair would suggest to you that while
this may not be absolutely necessary be-
cause of the plenary power of the legisla-
ture, the fact that notice is provided for
in the statute now is not the answer. You
do have in the area of constitutional con-
ventions a considerable area of disagree-
ment as to the power of the convention
versus the power of the General Assembly,
and the inclusion of this sentence would,
I think, set at rest any question as to
whether the General Assembly could pre-
scribe by law for notice of a special elec-
tion required by a constitutional conven-
tion.
Delegate Gill.
DELEGATE GILL: Mr. President and
Delegate Miller, the last vote lost by 14 to
83. Since Delegate Miller is on the Style
Committee, perhaps with -the aid of the
Committee they can come up with a word
for "proposal" that will solve this problem
and then reconsider it.
THE PRESIDENT: I am sorry. I did
not understand your last statement.
DELEGATE GILL: She wanted to re-
consider it.
THE PRESIDENT: She did not want to
reconsider the question. I think you mis-
understood her. She raised a question about
another sentence in lines 9 and 10 on
page 2.
DELEGATE GILL: The suggestion I
made I hope will be followed. It seems if
the word "proposal" needs to be changed
to another word that the Style Committee
could take care of it.
THE PRESIDENT: If there are no
further amendments, the question will arise
on the adoption of Committee Recom-
mendations GP-7, BP-8, GP-9, and GP-12
as amended. The Clerk will ring the
quorum bell.
The question arises on the adoption on
second reading of Committee Recommenda-
tions GP-7, GP-8, GP-9 and GP-12 as
amended. A vote Aye is a vote in favor of
the adoption of the committee recommenda-
tions as amended; a vote No is a vote
against.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted?
Delegate Boileau.
DELEGATE BOILEAU: Yea.
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