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kind of error to creep in when an amend-
ment is made in one section and has an
effect on the other, and it is not noticed
at the time.
In addition, arrangements have been
made already for the entire professional
staff to work not only the rest of today,
but all day tomorrow to check the final
copy to the greatest possible extent so that
we can, barring the kind of human error
that creeps into every endeavor, be sure
that what we have done is the way we
want it.
For this reason, we have decided that
there will be a session on Monday after-
noon at 3:00 P.M. Hopefully the session will
last perhaps an hour or so. We will not take
the time today to offer numerous house-
keeping resolutions and resolutions of
thanks. We will save that for Monday and
I am sure that you would want to thank
in person the various groups that make up
the fairly extensive staff of this Conven-
tion, and we do not want to take the time
to do that today. We will do that Monday.
But the most important reason is to be
able to give you the assurance today that
as each one of you once more read over
the complete document tomorrow, as I am
sure every delegate will, and as our pro-
fessional staff once more reads through the
entire document, without having the de-
manding pressure of the past few days,
that if we find an error the Convention will
be in session Monday afternoon in order
to correct the error.
Efforts have been made to set the consti-
tution in type with the idea that the formal
and final imprinted copy could be available
for signature on Tuesday. Reluctantly, we
have concluded that we simply cannot take
a chance that it will be ready, even though
at this very moment the linotype machines
are working copying the constitution with
the idea of making changes if they are
needed. For this reason, as previously an-
nounced, the signing ceremony will take
place on next Wednesday, subject to final
determination as to the hour, probably at
eleven or at noon.
In addition, the ceremony will take place
in this Chamber. The physical problems
connected with having the ceremony in the
old Senate Chamber are, if not insurmount-
able, nearly so. The biggest problem is, of
course, one of space and we simply cannot
manage it.
In addition, there would be absolutely no
room for spectators if we had the ceremony
there. So the ceremony will be in this
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Chamber. If we can, we will bring into this
Chamber the President's desk from the old
Senate Chamber so that the signing will
take place on the old Senate desk, but in
this Chamber. The ceremony will perhaps
last for an hour or two. It is a little diffi-
cult to estimate this, but it will not be long.
The Convention will not adjourn until after
that ceremony so that the Convention will
be in formal session on Wednesday. So far
as can be determined at this time, after the
session adjourns today, there will, there-
fore, be only two other sessions, Monday
afternoon at 3:00 P.M. and Wednesday at
11:00 A.M. or 12.00 noon, which will be an-
nounced later.
Now, with respect to the procedure on
voting, and I ask you particularly to follow
me carefully and I have already asked the
Parliamentarian to follow me carefully so
that if I get my tongue twisted in an-
nouncing the rule, he can correct me and
clear it up immediately.
This is the final vote on third reading.
As you have amended the rule, we are not
required to vote separately on sections. We
are required to vote separately on articles
and divisions.
As you have been previously advised, the
draft of the constitution, including both the
schedule of transitional provisions and the
schedule of legislation are open to amend-
ment on the third reading. More about that
in a moment.
In submitting the document to you for
final vote, it will be submitted in these
divisions: First, the preamble, next, Article
1, and then successively each article
through Article 10.
Next, the schedule of transitional provi-
sions and then the schedule of legislation.
Inasmuch as the entire document is open
to amendment, it will be submitted to you
first in these divisions for purposes of
amendment.
In other words, the Chair will first take
up the preamble, ask for amendments, con-
sider and act upon any amendments with
respect to preamble and when all amend-
ments have been acted upon, move on and
proceed in the same manner with respect
to each article in succession without taking
the final vote on any division or article
until we have been through the entire third
reading for the purpose of receiving and
acting upon amendments.
After this has been done, we will then
proceed to a consideration of each division
or article, that is, the preamble first, and
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