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I have something to refer to and if a mem-
ber does not have that, the only way I know
to get it is to wait until it is printed and
have it mailed to him.
Delegate Powers is going to confer with
President Eney. I have a suspicion that we
are going to close out at a very early time
and come in in the morning when we have
better preparation. Delegate Hardwicke
says he will continue trying to hit the high
spots until we get word from President
Eney.
DELEGATE HARDWICKE: I think we
can use fifteen or twenty minutes here very
profitably and I can show you the problem
areas, if you will bear with me, and follow-
ing along in the blue sheets with me. I will
show you exactly where we had problems
and then you can use the time between
now and tomorrow to focus on those.
In personal rights, we had really only
three questions. One was the damage ques-
tion. The other is taking appeals from the
magistrate courts to the circuit courts.
Third was when to make sovereign immu-
nity effect. Three, subcommittee elections.
We had really two basic problems. One was
when to make referendum provisions effec-
tive and the other was when to make refer-
endum on local laws effective. That is sec-
tion 6.
On the legislative branch we had two
basic problems. One, when does the Gen-
eral Assembly have to reapportion itself
under the new constitution? We take the
approach in here it has to reapportion it-
self for elections of 1970. That is in sec-
tion 7.
Section 7 and 8 tie in together. One per-
tains to the qualifications of the legislature
and the other is redistricting all in effect
by 1970.
In the executive branch section 9 we have
our lieutenant governor going into office,
in the election of 1970. Section 10, 11, 12,
all pertain to the executive branch and they
are going into office under the new Consti-
tution in 1971.
Section 13 is the reorganization section
which we are providing for. Incidentally,
section 13 was lifted completely out of the
existing draft as we passed it. Section 14
deals with the continuation of Board of
Public Works in 1971.
Then the judicial branch —
(At this point, President H. Vernon
Eney resumed the Chair.)
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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hardwicke,
the sections on the judicial branch of this
committee recommendation are perhaps the
most involved and difficult to follow. It has
been suggested to the Chair that we would
make more fruitful use of the time if in-
stead of pursuing the consideration of this
recommendation this evening and resuming
tomorrow morning that we adjourn at this
time to allow you to get some rest, recon-
vene a little later tomorrow morning at
10:30 because some of the delegates have
indicated they would like the opportunity
to read through quietly the recommenda-
tion before the explanation is continued.
The Chair thinks that in the long run
this may be more desirable because the
transitional schedule is difficult to follow,
it is important. I am hopeful that with a
full explanation, the need for debate will
be very greatly limited. For that reason
we will suspend consideration of the com-
mittee recommendation at this point.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Powers.
DELEGATE POWERS: I move the
Committee of the Whole rise and report
that it has not yet concluded consideration
of Committee Recommendation GP-13.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there a second?
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: All those in favor,
signify by saying Aye; contrary, No. The
Ayes have it. It is so ordered.
(Whereupon, at 10:45 P.M., the Commit-
tee of the Whole rose, and the Convention
reconvened.)
(The mace was replaced by the Sergeant-
at-Arms.)
PLENARY SESSION
JANUARY 3, 1968—10:45 P.M.
PRESIDENT H. VERNON ENEY,
PRESIDING
THE PRESIDENT: The Convention will
please come to order. On behalf of the
Committee of the Whole, the Chair reports
that the Committee has had under consid-
eration Committee Recommendation GP-13,
it still has it under consideration and de-
sires leave to sit again.
Are there any announcements necessary
to be made by committee chairmen?
(There was no response.)
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