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(Whereupon, a roll call vote was taken.)
THE PRESIDENT: Have all delegates
voted? Does any delegate desire to change
his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 102 votes in the affirmative
and 1 in the negative, the motion carries.
The amendment is adopted.
Amendment AE. The Clerk will read the
amendment, Amendment No. 25.
READING CLERK: Amendment 25 to
Report S&D-18 by Delegate Penniman,
Chairman of the Committee on Style,
Drafting and Arrangement: On page 51 in
line 39 add the following words: "This
Constitution, the attached schedule of
transitional provisions and the attached
schedule of legislation shall be submitted
to the qualified voters of the State for
ratification or rejection at the special ref-
erendum election to be held on May 14,
1968, in accordance with the procedures
prescribed by Chapter 4 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1967. If
this Constitution is ratified at such spe-
cial referendum election, then the attached
schedule of transitional provisions is rati-
fied as a part thereof and the 'attached
schedule of legislation is adopted also and
shall take effect as provided therein.
"Done in Convention at Annapolis,
Maryland, this tenth day of January in the
year Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-eight."
THE PRESIDENT: The amendment is
offered by Delegate Penniman. Is there a
second?
(Tli e motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: This is the enacting clause to which the amendment has been
made. It comes on white page 51 at the
end of the entire Constitution.
Delegate Beatrice Miller.
DELEGATE B. MILLER: Is it neces-
sary to include this in the constitution or
could it be attached to the transitional
provisions?
THE PRESIDENT: The enabling act
says the Convention shall provide for it
in the constitution, and in two places it
refers to the schedule as attached, so we
thought it would be better to do it this
way.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: The line is
line 39 on page 51, That would appear not
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to be correct. It might be line 39 on page
52 or it might be line 26 on page 51.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you referring
to the blue copy?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: No.
THE PRESIDENT: It is line 39 merely
to indicate it comes after the constitution.
It is not part of Section 10. It is just the
concluding clause.
Delegate Burdette.
DELEGATE BURDETTE: I wonder if
I might ask Delegate Penniman if he would
accept one of my pet preferences that there
be a comma after the word "Maryland" in
line 19 and conforming to the old usage
that the comma after "Annapolis" is ellip-
tical for the meaning of "State of."
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Penniman,
do you accept the modification?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: I do.
THE PRESIDENT: Any objection to
modifying the amendment by adding a
comma at the end of line 19?
The Chair hears none so the amendment
will be so modified.
Are there any further questions? Are
you ready for the question?
Delegate Carson.
DELEGATE CARSON: Mr. Chairman,
it could not be more petty, but if this is
going to be part of the constitution, there
ought to be a comma in line 5 after "pro-
visions" and a comma in line 9 after
"1968".
THE PRESIDENT: I believe that is
the policy followed by the Committee on
Style. Is it, Delegate Penniman?
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: That is cor-
rect.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any objec-
tion to adding the comma after the word
"provisions" in line 5 and line 9, after
"1968"?
Do you object, Delegate Sybert?
DELEGATE SYBERT: I do not object,
Mr. President, but I suggest if you add a
comma after the word "provisions" in
line 5 you should also add one after the
word "legislation" in line 6.
THE PRESIDENT: No, the reason for
the comma in line 5 after "provisions" is
that the Committee on Style has followed
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