by jury in civil and criminal cases; rights
reserved by the people; and that prohibits
discrimination or preference by govern-
ment because of religion, race, color, or
national origin; unreasonable searches and
seizures; unreasonable interception of oral
or other communications; double jeopardy;
compulsory self-incrimination; excessive
bail or fines; cruel and unusual punish-
ments; corruption of blood or forfeiture of
estate as a punishment for crime; bills of
attainder; ex post facto laws; laws im-
pairing the obligation of contracts; and the
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus or
the provisions of the Constitution in time
of peace or in time of war.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 18 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble. In con-
nection with this proposal there should
have been distributed a memorandum pre-
pared at the request of the delegate making
the proposal. This is apractice which some
of the other delegates may wish to follow.
If in introducing a proposal you desire to
call to the attention of the committee which
will consider it initially any specific au-
thorities or references or points, you can
do so in supplemental memorandum, which
we will distribute to the delegates with
the proposal. These memoranda necessar-
ily must be brief. They should not nor-
mally extend over a page.
Delegate Proposal No. 19. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 19, by Delegates Bennett and Bothe.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that prohibits excessive
bail or fines, capital punishment, and cruel
and unusual punishments.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 19 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 20. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 20, by Delegates Grumbacher, Hanson,
Koss, Schloeder and Sollins. Title,
A PROPOSAL that establishes the office
of ombudsman of the State; a term of office
of five years; the compensation, jurisdic-
tion, and powers of the office; his im-
munity to suit and to judicial review; and
that he may be removed from office by a
vote of three-fourths of the entire mem-
bership of each house of the General
Assembly. |
THE PRESIDENT: I have been in-
formed that the additional copies of all pro-
posals are here now. The pages will dis-
tribute them.
Delegate Proposal No. 20 is referred to
the Committee on the Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 21. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 21, by Delegates Hutchinson and Kahl.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that citizens of the United
States who have attained the age of eighteen
years and who meet other requirements
shall be qualified to vote.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 2I is referred to the Committee on
Suffrage and Elections.
Delegate Proposal No. 22. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 22, by Delegates Fornos, Abramson,
Boileau, Borum, Boyce, Grant, Hanson,
Harris, Kirkland, Pascal, Robey, Schneider,
Sosnowski, Ulrich and Wheatley. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the minimum age
qualification for voters be reduced from
twenty-one to nineteen.
THE PRESIDENT: I think I should
comment just briefly about that proposal.
It is typed in such a manner that it might
lead you to believe that the only thing there
was the title and that the body had been
omitted. This is an idea proposal.
Delegate Proposal No. 22 is referred to
the Committee on Suffrage and Elections.
Delegate Proposal No. 23. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 23, by Delegate Koger. Title,
A PROPOSAL that requires the legisla-
ture to authorize a general audit of state
finances every five years.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 23 is referred to the Committee on
State Finance and Taxation.
Delegate Proposal No. 24. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 24, by Delegate Sherbow. Title,
A PROPOSAL that consideration be
given to whether the Constitution should
have a provision prohibiting or relating to
lotteries. |
