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The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 18
to Report No. S&D-18 by Delegate Koss:
On page 9, section 2.14, Laws Applicable
in One County, in line 4 after the word
"voters" add the words: "of the county".
THE PRESIDENT: Page 9, in line 4,
the white copy, the amendment is offered
by Delegate Koss. Is there a second?
(The amendment was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: The amendment is
intended to make clear what obviously is
intended when it says that the petition has
been signed by a number of qualified voters
equal to at least ten percent, that that
means qualified voters of the county. The
words "of the county" have been added.
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 18. 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 118 votes in the affirmative
and 3 in the negative, the motion carries.
The amendment is adopted.
The next amendments are to Article 3.
Pages please distribute Amendment AK,
"Able King."
This will be Amendment No. 19. The
Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 19
to Report No. S&D-18 by Delegate Case:
On page 15, section 3.19, Form of Laws,
strike out all of lines 21, 22 and 23 and
insert in lieu thereof the following: "of
budget, appropriations, their purpose or
purposes, and the requisite revenue. No
law or section".
THE PRESIDENT: The amendment is
submitted by Delegate Case.
Is there a second?
Delegate Gallagher?
The amendment is co-sponsored by Dele-
gate Gallagher.
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The amendment is in lines 31, 32, and 33
on page 14 of the white copy.
The sentence to which the amendment
applies now reads, "The budget law and
all supplementary appropriation laws shall
be limited to the subject of budget and
appropriations and the requisite revenue,
the purpose and purposes of which shall
be clearly stated in each law."
This sentence was amended by the Com-
mittee on Style and following the amend-
ment, two more amendments were offered.
The result is that grammatically as it is at
present, it would appear that the "purpose
or purposes of which" refers to revenue
rather than appropriations which is what
is intended. The amendment would make
the sentence read, "The budget law and all
supplementary appropriation laws shall be
limited to the subject of budget appropri-
ations," their purpose and purposes and
the requisite revenue. Are there any ques-
tions?
Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I think
you have explained it. It is merely a
clarification of the intention of the Com-
mittee, as was said before. In enacting this
exception for supplementary appropriation
laws we are trying to avoid the difficulty
that arose in the Panitz case, and I think
as a result of conferring with Delegate
Case who offered the original amendment
that we have now clarified it, and the lan-
guage is not so ambiguous as it previously
was.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any fur-
ther questions?
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 19. 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?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 114 votes in the affirmative
and none in the negative, the motion
carries. The amendment is adopted.
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