THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair has a
printed copy or typewritten copy of the
amendment. The Clerk will read Amend-
ment No. 3.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 3
to Committee Recommendation GP-I, by
Delegate Bamberger. In lines 17 and 18 on
page 1 of Committee Recommendation GP-
1, strike out the words "in the person of
the governor".
THE CHAIRMAN: The question arises
on Amendment No. 3 to Committee Rec-
ommendation GP-I moved by Delegate
Chabot. Is there a second?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Mr. Chair-
man.
THE CHAIRMAN: Do you rise to sec-
ond?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: No. Mr.
Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: For what purpose
does the delegate rise?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Mr. Chair-
man, I rise to correct the record. Delegate
Chabot intended to offer an amendment.
However, the amendment read by the Clerk
is Amendment No. 3, which 1 intend to of-
fer, but have not yet offered.
THE CHAIRMAN: Sorry. Delegate
Chabot, inasmuch as it has been read,
would you yield to Delegate Bamberger to
submit?
DELEGATE CHABOT: I yield.
THE CHAIRMAN: Amendment No. 3.
Delegate Bamberger, do you move Amend-
ment No. 3?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: I move
the adoption of Amendment No. 3 to Com-
mittee Recommendation GP-I which has
been read by the Clerk.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there a second?
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Bamberger for purposes of
debate on the amendment.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: The pur-
pose of the amendment is to delete from
lines 17 and 18 the phrase "in the person
of the governor." It is already perfectly
clear from the first or the second sentence
of the committee recommendation that the
governor is the chief officer, the com-
mander-in-chief of the military. |
1 offer the amendment because it ap-
pears to me that the vesting exclusive con-
trol over the military in the governor con-
tradicts what I understand is the intention
of the Committee, that the General Assem-
bly shall retain the power which it now
has to prescribe for the militia, to estab-
lish the organization of the militia, to es-
tablish the rank and number of officers of
the militia, and to set the appropriation
for the militia.
1 see no reason why civil control must
be vested exclusively in the person of the
governor. That, simply stated, is the pur-
pose of the amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any further
discussion? Are you ready for the ques-
tion? Delegate Boyer.
DELEGATE BOYER: I wonder if the
maker of the motion would yield to a ques-
tion?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bamberger,
do you yield?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Yes, Mr.
Chairman.
DELEGATE BOYER: If the amend-
ment is adopted, as I understand it, the
sentence would then read "The military
authority of the state shall be and remain
subject to civil control at all times." My
question would be, sir, if this were true,
would not there be some confusion as to
who or what or when was civil control and
would not civil control be left up in the
nebulous limbo of scrambling for it? Who
might have the civil control?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: My an-
swer is that the first sentence empowers
the General Assembly to provide for the
militia. In making that provision they
would establish such means of civil control
as they thought necessary.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any further
discussion? Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Mr. Chair-
man, I would like to speak in opposition to
the amendment at this time.
THE CHAIRMAN: You may proceed.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY; It seems
quite clear that one of the intentions of re-
drafting a constitution is to delineate pow-
ers. One of the frequently heard cries is
that we should give the executive of this
state greater powers.
One of the responsibilities that 1 under-
stand the executive of this state to have |
