THE PRESIDENT: No —
DELEGATE B. MILLER: On second
reading?
THE PRESIDENT: I will not say that.
On the contrary, on the second reading, the
Convention can consider anew an amend-
ment which may be offered thereto, regard-
less of the action of the Committee of the
Whole. The whole matter is before the Con-
vention on second reading after the report
of the Committee on Style. Delegate Miller?
DELEGATE B. MILLER: My question
is still whether it can be considered before.
THE PRESIDENT: The question that
was presented to the Committee of the
Whole may be considered by the Conven-
tion on second reading, and the Convention
may take a contrary position. Does that
answer your question?
DELEGATE B. MILLER: I think so.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: There was distrib-
uted last evening to the desk of every dele-
gate in Committee Chamber a copy of Mi-
nority Reports LB-I(A), (B), (C), (D),
(E) and (F), and also Minority Report S &
E-I(C). In addition, a copy of the memo-
randum by Dr. Michener referred to yes-
terday dealing with unicameralism and bi-
cameralism was similarly distributed to
your desk in Committee and your desk here.
Each of these minority reports, and the
Michener memorandum will be pertinent to
discussion of the Committee of the Whole
this afternoon, and you should have them
with you.
There was also distributed to your desk
yesterday evening a copy of Committee
Recommendation JB-I and Committee Mem-
orandum JB-I.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Fornos.
DELEGATE FORNOS: Mr. President,
behind your rostrum in the gallery are one
hundred twenty-five students from Annapo-
lis High School whom I would like to wel-
come on behalf of the Convention to today's
meeting.
THE PRESIDENT: Delighted to have
them.
(Applause,)
I would like also to announce that today
in the gallery are forty students from
Mater Dei Boys School, Bethesda in Mont-
gomery County. Delighted to have you also.
(Applause.) |
There have been placed on your desk in
the Chamber this morning memoranda by
Delegate Finch pertaining to Delegate Pro-
posals Nos. 208, 240, 282, 325, 329, 427,
428, 429, 431, 436. I am sorry. I thought
these had beeen distributed. They will be
distributed and on your desk today.
They have been filed with the Clerk.
You should have within the past five
minutes or so a copy of Debate Schedule
No. 1.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Powers,
of the Committee on Calendar and Agenda.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
before I move the adoption of today's Calen-
dar, I would like to announce to the Con-
vention that as far as today's procedure
is concerned, we plan to move to recess for
a period of one hour at about 1:30 P.M.
Then we plan to move to adjourn at around
6:00 P.M. this evening, depending upon the
status of the business of the day. We do
not intend to propose a recess for dinner;
we plan to adjourn until 10:00 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
So that the delegates may know the re-
mainder of the calendar this week, it now
appears that Committee Recommendation
No. S and E-l, on the referendum will be
next after we conclude the business before
the Committee of the Whole, which is set
for today. The next matter after that will
be Committee Recommendation GP-3, on
natural resources; and the next after that
will be Committee Recommendation LG-I,
on local government.
We do not now anticipate that we will
reach consideration in the Committee of the
Whole on Committee Recommendation JB-I,
on the Judicial Branch, until next week.
I move that today's Calendar be adopted.
THE PRESIDENT: Is the Debate
Schedule No. 1 a part of the Calendar?
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
at the time we move to resolve the Con-
vention into the Committee of the Whole,
it will be on the condition that we subject
ourselves to the provisions of the debate
schedule, so that motion will be made at
that time.
THE PRESIDENT: The only question
now, then, is on the motion to adopt the
Calendar, which does not at this moment
include the debate schedule. Is there a
second?
(Whereupon, the motion was seconded.) |
