pension should be taken care of, if taken
care of at all, by the General Assembly
itself.
Ladies and gentlemen, that completes the
presentation of the committee report. I
reiterate once again that the majorities
which were gathered together for the ap-
proval of this report did so when consider-
ing the various sections as a package, and
consequently the elimination of sections of
this report or considerable variations there-
from would have, I am certain, produced a
different opinion in the Committee.
With that, I thank you for your kind at-
tention.
THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Delegate
Gallagher.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: There being no pro-
vision in the debate schedule for general
debate, we now proceed to a section-by-
section consideration of Committee Recom-
mendation LB-I.
The first section for consideration is sec-
tion 3.01. The Chair recognizes Delegate
Hanson to present Minority Report LB-IA.
I am very sorry. Before we proceed to a
consideration of that, there should be an
opportunity for questions of the Commit-
tee Chairman.
Are there any questions of the Chairman
for purposes of clarification?
Delegate Marvin Smith.
DELEGATE M. SMITH: Mr. Chairman,
I wonder if the Committee gave considera-
tion to the amount of travel time that a
delegate should be allotted, the distance
from his constituents ?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Yes. At
one time the Committee considered pro-
hibiting the payment of travel expenses
during regular sessions of the General As-
sembly. However, we eliminated the pro-
hibition against it and we construe the
prohibition against daily living expenses as
not prohibiting the payment for travel.
DELEGATE M. SMITH: You and 1 are
not in the same boat. I am concerned about
the distance that a delegate may be located
from the ends of his district. Did you give
consideration to that, sir?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: The Com-
mittee recognized that the geographical |
confines of the districts were very great,
but we did not attempt to act upon it in
any way. The General Assembly would not
be prohibited from compensating those
legislators who have these large areas to
travel by some special arrangement or al-
lotment or general appropriation.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Smith.
DELEGATE M. SMITH: I am not so
much concerned, sir, about the compensa-
tion to the legislator as I am my ability as
a constituent to contact my legislator.
Now, did you give any consideration to
that, sir?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Smith, I
think your question was not too clear. If
you would pinpoint it with reference to the
section of the Committee Recommendation
which you are concerned about—
DELEGATE M. SMITH: I am specific-
ally concerned with the setup of the Gen-
eral Assembly that would limit the number
of delegates to 105.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Yes. The
Committee did consider it. The Committee
recognized the fact, however, that repre-
sentation is based upon population, not
upon trees, or acres. Consequently, we had
to live within the existing rule.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Smith.
DELEGATE M. SMITH: May I ask one
other question?
In your consideration of other legislative
bodies, did you find that they might have
given in to monotony and perhaps have had
four or five substantive committees, and as
a consequence been able to operate with a
bit larger size?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Certainly
that possibility exists. However, we looked
at what the Senate had done in recent times
by creating the new Committee on Eco-
nomic Development and dividing itself into
three significant committees, and we felt
that there was a likelihood that the House
could do the same thing. Now, the Eagleton
report suggests five areas.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any
further questions for purposes of clarifica-
tion?
Delegate Sickles.
DELEGATE SICKLES: Mr. Chairman,
I would like to ask a question about section
3.05, just a point of clarification. I wonder
about the residency requirement. I believe |
