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tween the General Assembly setting the
standards and the counties operating be-
neath that level in execution of those
standards, and we will truly have the co-
operation between the General Assembly
and the counties to benefit and to execute
what is for the general welfare of the en-
tire State across the board and throughout
the entire State.
THE PRESIDENT: You have one quar-
ter minute, Delegate Clagett.
DELEGATE CLAGETT: I therefore
urge you, with the utmost of sincerity of
which I am capable, and having lived with
this subject for now three years to adopt
this amendment and to at least put some
degree of level into the tracks of local leg-
islation rather than to permit it to run
rampant in the way in which it would now
do, defeating entirely the accomplishment
that the Local Government Committee feels
that it has contributed to this Convention.
There are more than fourteen members
of the Local Government Committee behind
this amendment, and I believe that actually
on final count there will be fifteen members
of the Local Government Committee, and
we have carefully studied, we have spent
hours, late into the night as well as through
the days to try to give you the best of
which we are capable. Please back us up
on this.
THE PRESIDENT: Does any other del-
egate desire to speak in opposition to the
amendment? Does any other delegate de-
sire to speak?
Are you ready for the question?
m
(Call for the question.)
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 3 to Committee Report
S&D-18.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of the
amendment; a vote No is a vote against.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted?
Does any delegate desire to change his
vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 76 votes in the affirmative
and 43 in the negative, the motion is car-
ried. The amendment is adopted.
Delegate Macdonald, in view of the adop-
tion of this amendment, it would be neces-
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sary to change the numeral "5" in line 26
to "4"; the numeral "6" in line 27 to "5";
the numeral "7" in line 29 to "6"; and the
numeral "8" in line 31 to "7".
Do you so move?
DELEGATE MACDONALD: I do, Mr.
President.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any objec-
tion to considering the amendment now of-
fered, notwithstanding the fact that it is
not printed?
The Chair hears none.
This will be Amendment No. 4.
Amendment No. 4 will be to change the
numerals "(5)", "(6)", "(7)", and "(8)",
in lines 26, 27, 29 and 31, to numerals
" (4) ", " (5) ", " (6) ", and " (7) " respectively.
Is there any discussion?
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 4 to Report S&D-18.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of the
amendment; a vote No is a vote against.
Cast your vote.
Has every delegate voted?
Does any delegate desire to change his
vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 114 votes in the affirmative
and 2 in the negative, the motion is car-
ried. The amendment is adopted.
Is there any other amendment to Ar-
ticle 3?
The Chair has no other amendment. Are
there any to Article 3?
Delegate Gallagher, do you know at this
time that you definitely will not have the
other amendments to Article 3?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I do, Mr.
President. There will be no intention on
my part to offer any further amendment.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
Article 4 is now open to amendment.
Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. President,
Amendment N,
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