THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 11 is referred to the Committee on Gen-
eral Provisions.
Delegate Proposal No. 12.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 12, by Delegate Gallagher. Title,
A PROPOSAL that establishes a one-
house General Assembly; legislative dis-
tricts; gubernatorial submission of plans
for congressional districting, and legisla-
tive districting and apportionment; a maxi-
mum of six senators for each legislative
district; qualifications of senators; election
of senators for a four year term; guberna-
torial appointment to fill senatorial vacan-
cies; compensation of senators; ineligibility
of senators during a term of office to ap-
pointment to any office created during said
term; immunity of senators to civil or
criminal suits for any words used in any
proceedings of the General Assembly; the
size of the General Assembly to be as pre-
scribed by law; annual legislative sessions
of up to seventy days; extendible for thirty
days by affirmative vote of three-fifths of
all the senators; gubernatorial convening
of special sessions at any time or upon the
written request of three-fifths of all the
senators; organization of the General As-
sembly; fair and just treatment of persons
in the course of legislative and executive
investigations; a requirement that a ma-
jority of all the senators is necessary to
constitute a quorum; the form of laws; the
consideration and passage of bills; and a
requirement that the General Assembly
keep a journal of its proceedings.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 12 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 13. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 13, by Delegate Kiefer. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the Preamble shall
state that the people of the State of Mary-
land, grateful to Almighty God for their
civil and religious liberty, establish this
Constitution for their permanent security.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 13 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 14. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 14, by Delegate Kiefer. Title, |
A PROPOSAL that the Preamble shall
state that to secure peace, liberty, justice,
and the rights of life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness for themselves and their
posterity, the people of the State of Mary-
land establish this Constitution.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 14 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 15. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 15, by Delegate Kiefer. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the Preamble shall
state that the people of the State of Mary-
land establish this Constitution to preserve
their inalienable rights of liberty, freedom,
and equality, and to promote, maintain, and
preserve their peace, dignity, health, safety,
and general welfare.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 15 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 16. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 16, by Delegate Kiefer. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the Preamble shall
state that the people of the State of Mary-
land establish this Constitution to assure
the good order of the State, and their
liberty, health, safety, and welfare.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 16 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Mr. Clerk, have any other proposals been
filed with the Clerk's office?
THE CHIEF CLERK: No sir.
THE PRESIDENT: There being no
other proposals, we will move forward to
the next item of business, motions and reso-
lutions. Are there any motions and
resolutions?
(There was no response.)
The Chair recognizes Delegate Scanlan
to direct an inquiry.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: An inquiry of
the Chair. In the material that the Presi-
dent sent us during the interval since our
last meeting, you announced that there was
some doubt under the rules as to whether
or not the President had the authority to
appoint officers of the Convention as op-
posed to employees, the officers being the |
