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We did get judicial branch before
dinner.
Are there any of these we should have
had?
THE CHAIRMAN: You should have
three sections; the section distributed
earlier, which contains the covering page
and articles 1 and 2; the second group
which contains articles 5, 6, 7 and 8; and
the third group, which contains article 9.
You have yet to receive articles 3, 4,
and 10.
DELEGATE KIEFER: But we do not
have 1 and 2.
THE CHAIRMAN: Oh, yes, you had
that earlier this afternoon. That has a
cover sheet on it marked simply "Memo-
Draft Constitution."
DELEGATE GRUMBACHER: We have
four.
THE CHAIRMAN: You are further ad-
vanced than the Chair.
Chief Page, what second reader re-
visions are being distributed? Let me have
a set of each, please.
Does any delegate not have a copy of
Amendment R?
Amendment R was proposed to be of-
fered by Delegate Wheatley. The Chair is
advised that he is not available. Several
other delegates have been requested or
sent messages to present it on his behalf.
They are unwilling to do so.
Does any other delegate desire to offer
Amendment R?
Delegate Della?
Does everyone have a copy of Amend-
ment R?
This will be Amendment 5. The Clerk
will read the Amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 5
to Committee Recommendation GP-13 by
Delegate Della: On page 7, section 23,
Continuance in 'Office — Judges of Limited
Jurisdiction, in lines 31, 32 and 33 strike
out the following: "Anne Arundel, Cecil,
Montgomery, Prince George's and Wicomi-
co Counties" and insert in lieu thereof the
following words: "any county"; and in
lines 49 and 50 strike out the following:
"and each judge of the Housing Court of
Baltimore County".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
submitted by Delegate Della. Is there a
second?
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(WJierenpon, the motion was duly sec-
onded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment
having been seconded, the Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Della.
DELEGATE DELLA: Mr. President,
unfortunately Delegate Wheatley had to go
to a meeting with the hospital board, and
requested that I try to introduce his
amendment for him.
What the amendment does is give to the
counties the right to set up courts which
would meet the qualifications of the pro-
posals that we have adopted. It would also
require there that each judge of the hous-
ing court of Baltimore County through the
act of the General Assembly would meet
the qualifications set forth in the proposals
we have before us.
That is the substance of the amendment,
Mr. President. We in Baltimore City have
that system and apparently our municipal
court and our people's court are going to
be adopted into the district court system.
Delegate Wheatley was very much in-
terested in Baltimore County apparently
because the hospital that he is associated
with is very close to Baltimore County,
and I think that is the reason Amendment
R was proposed. I would like to see the
amendment through his desire be adopted.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any ques-
tions of the sponsor of the amendment?
Delegate Sollins.
DELEGATE SOLLINS: Delegate Della,
would you yield for a question?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Della.
DELEGATE DELLA: I always yield to
a question.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Sollins.
DELEGATE SOLLINS: I should per-
haps ask Delegate Wheatley but in his
absence would it be fair to characterize
this amendment as an attempt to make
provision for the General Assembly to
establish the Pine Anderson Statton Court
Reform Plan for Baltimore County?
THE CH AIRMAN: Delegate Della.
DELEGATE DELLA: I do not always
look upon evil in every proposal. I think
you have got to look upon the merits of
the thing and certainly I have no connec-
tion with Dale Anderson or Jim Pine, but
I think you have extended that right to
Cecil County, Anne Arundel, Montgomery,
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