fore you will be on the first sentence of
the substitute in Amendment No. 3, the
sentence from lines 8 through the middle
of line 12.
Delegate Bamberger?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Mr. Presi-
dent, a point of parliamentary inquiry. If
we divide this, will that then require us to
vote on those words which are in line 12
to 16 immediately after we vote on the
words in lines 8 to 12?
THE CHAIRMAN: That is correct.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: In other
words, will we first take up the point of
the number and then be required at this
point to vote on whether there shall be
single-member districts in the House or the
Senate, regardless of the size?
THE CHAIRMAN: I do not know that
I would agree with your second proposition.
We will vote on the amendment as two
distinct questions.
The first question will be the portion of
the amendment embraced inlines 8 to 12.
Following that we will vote on the next two
sentences, after discussion closes.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: My in-
quiry then is that the effect of the second
vote, that is, the effect of the vote on the
last part of this proposed section 3.04 is
a vote on whether the district shall be
single-member senatorial districts, and
double-member delegate districts.
THE CHAIRMAN: That is correct.
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: 1 won-
dered whether the purpose of the motion
to divide could be accomplished by the mak-
ers of the amendment agreeing to delete
from the amendment lines 12 to 16 so that
the issue is squarely before us on the num-
ber of legislators.
Can that be done?
THE CHAIRMAN: I am not sure 1 fol-
low you. Is the issue not before you on the
number by the first question?
DELEGATE BAMBERGER: The issue
is before us on the number, but so is an-
other issue, which has not really been de-
bated for this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: There will be op-
portunity for debate on that issue.
Does the Committee of the Whole under-
stand the procedure? The question on the
amendment has been divided. The first |
question to be debated, and then voted
upon, is the first sentence embraced in lines
8 to 12. After that, there will be debate
and voting upon the last two sentences em-
braced in lines 12 to 16.
The Chair recognizes Delegate—for what
purpose does Delegate Marion rise?
DELEGATE MARION: Mr. Chairman,
I have, I think, another question of par-
liamentary procedure along the lines Dele-
gate Bamberger raised.
If we assume that the first portion upon
which we will proceed to debate and then
vote does not carry, does that mean that
the question of the size of the legislature
will not be subject to further debate and
possible amendment before going to the
second half of this amendment which we
have now divided?
I think that is the point that Delegate
Bamberger was trying to get at. Do we
continue, if this amendment were to fail,
to resolve the question of the size of the
legislature?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate James?
DELEGATE JAMES: If the first sen-
tence loses, we will withdraw the remainder
of the amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: All right.
Delegate Sosnowski, did you have a
question?
DELEGATE SOSNOWSKI: Delegate
Cardin answered my question.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any
further questions of parliamentary proce-
dure before we proceed with the discussion?
(There was no response.)
If not, the Chair recognizes Delegate
James to speak to the amendment, the first
portion, which is the matter now before
you.
DELEGATE JAMES: Mr. Chairman,
members of the Committee of the Whole,
I think that anything I would say now
would be repetitious. I would simply reiter-
ate once again that for the purpose of at-
tracting top quality people and top mem-
bership, for the purpose of internal organ-
ization, for the purpose of creating a
smooth-working relationship between the
House and the Senate, for the purpose of
staffing both at the home districts of the
individual members and in Annapolis, and
for the purpose of providing the legislature
and the committees with proper staffing, |
