FATHER BRIESTENSKY. Oh, Al-
mighty God, assist us with your grace so
that we who have the privilege of Ameri-
can citizenship may also serve the nation
and our great state with a good conscience.
May You prompt everyone to be obedient
to the Constitution and to the laws of this
state and to give wholehearted support to
the public officials from the most re-
nowned to the least among them.
Finally may the delegates and members
of this august assembly hear from You the
familiar reward, "well done good and
faithful servants of my people." This we
ask through Jesus Christ Your Son, Our
Lord.
Amen.
THE PRESIDENT: Roll call.
(Whereupon, a roll call was taken,)
THE PRESIDENT: Have all delegates
answered roll call? The Clerk will record
the roll call. There being a quorum present,
the Convention is in session.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Powers,
Chairman of the Committee on Calendar
and Agenda.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
befora I move for the adoption of today's
calendar, I would like to announce to the
Convention that the Committee on Cal-
endar and Agenda today has made plans
for the future. We have a projection of
business for the Convention which will
enable us to adjourn sine die on December
12. That will permit full debate on all
matters but it will necessitate that be-
ginning this coming Tuesday the Conven-
tion will convene at 10:00 A.M. with a
recess in the middle of the day for lunch,
but conclude its business before dinner in
the evening, so that the evenings can be
utilizad for business other than that which
takes place on the floor of the Convention.
We still hope that it will be unnecessary
to hold a session on Thanksgiving Day or
the day after. We hope that it will not be
necessary to hold Saturday sessions until
the first Saturday in December. There
would be a Saturday session on the two
Saturdays in December before the 12th.
The business for the immediate future we
can tell you about and we propose to an-
nounce to the Convention in advance from
this point forward the proposed dates that
we will consider various matters. Of course,
any delegate is on notice as soon as a
committee recommendation is filed that that |
subject matter can come up any time after
the third day thereafter. That is the first
notice the delegates will have.
In addition to that, we will make an-
nouncements in advance. On Monday the
proposal is that the agenda will include
the second Report of the Committee on
General Provisions dealing with the oath.
On Tuesday the agenda will provide for
the Legislative Branch Committee Recom-
mendation.
On Wednesday the Recommendation of
the Committee on Suffrage and Elections.
Further announcements will be made in
advance so that the delegates can keep in-
formed as to that.
We do find it necessary to point out that
if for any reason there is any blank day,
the projection will be interfered with and it
will be necessary either to lengthen the day
or to hold sessions on additional days.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of
today's calendar.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second?
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: For what purpose
does Delegate Malkus rise?
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
1 arise upon a point of inquiry and ask the
gentleman if he will yield.
THE PRESIDENT: Will Delegate
Powers yield to a question?
DELEGATE POWERS: Yes.
DELEGATE MALKUS: You have cur-
tailed our days to a great extent. When
are we going to have the opportunity to
have our amendments drawn?
DELEGATE POWERS: Well, there is
some time before 10:00 A.M. each morning.
There is an hour and a half in the middle
of the day and assuming we will custom-
arily conclude our business around 6:00 or
6:30 in the evening, there is that evening
time. The Committee on Calendar and
Agenda assumed that each delegate, when
he undertook this job, would make his work
here paramount to anything else and that
he would be devoting full time to the busi-
ness of the Convention.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
my next question, if the gentleman will
again yield, will you yield, sir? |
