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THE PRESIDENT: Is there any dis-
cussion?
Does every delegate have a copy of
Amendment X, No. 15?
Delegate Della.
DELEGATE DELLA: Mr. President, I
think there must be some error because the
register is not on line 9. It must be in some
other section.
THE PRESIDENT: What copy are you
looking at, Delegate Della?
DELEGATE DELLA: The white one.
THE PRESIDENT: What copy of the
constitution are you looking a't?
DELEGATE DELLA: The white section.
THE PRESIDENT: The amendments
must refer to the third reader copy which
is the green copy.
Delegate Bothe.
DELEGATE BOTHE: I believe it is in
lines 4 and 5.
THE PRESIDENT: No, it is lines 14
and 15 but it is on the third reader copy.
The white copy is merely a reprint. It is
not an official action copy. I will give you
the proper pages.
On the white copy, it is lines 3 and 4 on
page 6.
Are there any questions? Are you ready
for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 15. A vote Aye is a vote in
favor of the amendment. A vote No is a
vote against.
Cast your vote.
(Whereupon, a roll call vote was taken.)
THE PRESIDENT: Has every delegate
voted? Does any delegate desire to change
his vote? The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 110 votes in the affirmative
and 3 in the negative, the motion carries.
The amendment is adopted.
Amendment U is Amendment No. 16.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 16
to Report S&D-17 by Delegate Koss: On
page 8, section 2.11, Manner of Referral,
in line 3 after the word "law" add the fol-
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lowing words: other than a law applicable
in only one county.
THE PRESIDENT: This amendment on
the white copy is page 7, line 40. I think
it might save time if the Chair would ex-
plain these amendments where explanation
is needed so in the absence of objection I
will. If you have questions they can be di-
rected to the chairman of the substantive
committee or the Chairman of the Commit-
tee on Style.
This amendment is made necessary be-
cause the Chair did not follow the sugges-
tion made by Delegate Collins during the
debate made the other day. I misunder-
stood it. His point was well taken.
Section 2.11 as originally drafted and
2.10 were very carefully stated to be ap-
plicable to referenda of public general laws.
After we adopted provisions making it
possible for the legislature to enact local
public laws in some instances, section 2.14
was added. The difficulty arises not so much
because there is an inconsistency between
2.11 and 2.14 but because the court might
possible decide that the requirements of
both sections were needed in the case of
the law applicable to only one county. To
make certain that that is not the case, the
amendment is offered so that 2.11 is ap-
plicable to more than one county, 2.15
applicable to laws applied to only one
county.
Are there any questions?
Delegate Bamberger.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Mr. Presi-
dent, must we also make an exception for
section 7.08, laws which establish multi-
county governmental units?
THE PRESIDENT: No, that was de-
liberately not covered and the discussion
made it clear. The exception is only to laws
applicable to one county, the laws to which
section 2.14 is applicable.
Are there any other questions?
Delegate Needle.
DELEGATE NEEDLE: Mr. Chairman,
this is relatively insignificant, but should
this clause not be within commas? I do not
think Resolution No. 52 —
THE PRESIDENT: It should be. The
Chair requests unanimous consent to insert
a comma before "other" and a comma after
"county." Is there any objection? The Chair
hears none. The modification will be made.
Are you ready for the question?
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