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worked long and hard over week-ends when
many of us were not here, to produce such
a fine job of transitional provisions.
THE PRESIDENT: I think —
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: I think that is a
tribute well deserved and should extend also
to members of the staff who worked with
Delegate Hardwicke. I think very few of
you, with the exception of the Committee
Chairman, have any real appreciation of
the number of hours of work which went
into the preparation of the document, and
I think probably the real tribute to Dele-
gate Hardwicke and the Committee Chair-
man and the staff members who worked on
it is the fact that this Convention has
been able to consider and act upon that
thirty-page document in the relatively lim-
ited period of time in which we have been
able to act.
The Chair adds its thanks to both Dele-
gate Hardwicke and the staff members.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: The question arises
on the motion to suspend interfering rules
to permit consideration of Amendment No.
12 to add section 14 to article 2 of the
constitution as adopted on second reading.
This is a suspension of rules. A roll call
vote is necessary. Are there any delegates
who do not have a copy of the amendment?
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of the
suspension of the rules. A vote No is a
vote against.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 97 votes in the affirmative
and none in the negative, the motion car-
ries. The interfering rules are suspended.
The question now arises on the adoption
of Amendment No. 12 to add section 14 to
article 2 of the constitution. The amend-
ment is submitted by Delegate Koss, sec-
onded by the co-sponsors. The Chair rec-
ognizes Delegate Koss.
DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. President, fel-
low delegates, I hope at this point we do
not regret the decision —
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THE PRESIDENT: May I interrupt,
Delegate Koss?
I am reminded that the Clerk has not
read it across the desk. The Clerk will read
the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 12
to Committee Recommendation S&E-1 and
S&E-2 as amended by Report S&D-11, by
Delegates Koss, Moser, Abramson, Bau-
mann, Byrnes, Cardin, Case, J. Clark, Fred-
erick, Hutchinson, Marion, D. Murray, Pas-
cal, Rybczynski, Schloeder, Soul, and White.
On page 5 following line 28 of section 2.13,
Effect of Referendum, insert the following
new section :
Section 2.14. Referenda on Laws Ap-
plicable in Only One County.
The General Assembly shall prescribe by
law procedures by which a law enacted by
it and applicable in only one county may be
petitioned to referendum. The law shall
be submitted to a vote of the people of the
named county after a petition has been
signed by a number of qualified voters
equal to at least ten per cent of the total
votes cast for governor in that county in
the most recent gubernatorial election. No
law empowering a county to exercise a
power or perform a function, nor any law
pertaining to appropriations, or granting,
limiting or withdrawing the taxing power
of a county shall be subject to referendum
pursuant to this section."
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Koss.
DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. President, fel-
low delegates, I hope at this point we do
not regret having agreed to correcting the
designation of our committee as the Com-
mittee on Suffrage.
First, may I ask unanimous consent in
line 11 to strike the word "named". That
was an error in typing and retyping.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any objec-
tion to striking from line 11 of the amend-
ment the word "named"?
The Chair hears none. Consent is given.
The modification is made.
DELEGATE KOSS: At the time that
S&E-1 came to the floor, its accompanying
memorandum stated that the consideration
of the referendum and the recommenda-
tions of the Committee were based on the
assumption that the legislature may pass
only public general laws.
In terms of the action of this Conven-
tion on section 3.23, we now know that the
General Assembly can pass laws which
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