dation LB-I with amendments, is adopted.
Apparently the minority is a little more
vociferous than the majority.
The Chair wishes to take this oppor-
tunity to extend, I am sure not only on my
own behalf, but on behalf of the entire Com-
mittee of the Whole, its thanks to the
Committee Chairman and the staff for a
very able presentation of Committee Rec-
ommendation LB-I.
(Applause.)
The next item on the agenda is the con-
sideration of Committee Recommendation
S&E-I, under Debate Schedule No. 2, as
amended.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Koss,
Chairman of the Committee, to come for-
ward and make presentation.
Before recognizing Delegate Koss, I
would like to make an announcement to
clear up what was apparently a misunder-
standing.
There has been prepared in the Consti-
tutional Convention Commission a quite
extensive research memorandum on direct
legislation, which was made available to
all the members of the Committee on Suf-
frage and Elections, and in addition, was
placed in the library of the Convention so
that it would be available for all delegates.
The memorandum is being included in
Volume No. 2 of the Commission's Reports,
which as I indicated several days ago is
now at the printers.
In order to make the memorandum quickly
available for all delegates, we reproduced
copies of the proof from the printer. Un-
fortunately, in the course of transmitting
from the regular printer working on Vol-
ume 2 to the print shop here, galleys com-
prising a number of pages were omitted,
so what you received on your desk several
days ago omitted perhaps 15 or 20 pages
of the memorandum.
They have since been reproduced, and
could have been put on your desk yesterday,
except for the fact that one appendix,
which was needed, is not there.
They are being reproduced now. They
will be available this afternoon. All of the
additional pages will be placed on your
desk. They do not go at the end. The page
numbers will indicate where they go. I be-
lieve it is page IOA and pages 2I to 30
or 40, and one or more appendices.
If you desire and will leave your original
memorandum and the additional pages on |
your desk this afternoon, the page will
disassemble and reassemble the complete
memorandum before you. If you desire to
take the memorandum with you for study
over the weekend, because it will be a mat-
ter to be discussed on Monday, do so. You
can quite readily tell from the page num-
bers exactly where the inserts go.
Delegate Cardin, may I inquire whether
that explanation covers all the points in-
volved?
DELEGATE CARDIN: Yes, I believe
it does. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I also would like to know if that would
relate to the voting age booklet. Do we
have all of the pertinent information in
that, or is there more that will be coming?
THE CHAIRMAN: I think that the en-
tire memorandum relating to voting age
has been reproduced, but I will find out
this afternoon and announce before the day
is over.
DELEGATE CARDIN: Thank you very
much.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair now rec-
ognizes Delegate Koss for the purpose of
presenting to you Committee Recommenda-
tion S&E-1. You should have before you
that recommendation on blue paper, com-
prising two sheets, and Committee Mem-
orandum S&E-1. There is also Minority
Report S&E-I (A), Minority Report S&E-
1(B), and Minority Report S&E-I (C). You
should have all these papers before you.
Delegate Koss.
DELEGATE KOSS: Thank you.
Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen,
fellow delegates: I feel at a distinct disad-
vantage appearing at this point of the
agenda, directly after the very able presen-
tation of Chairman Gallagher, and also at
this point on a Friday afternoon, when I
know you are all anxious to end this week
of long and hard work.
I will do the best I can to accommodate
you. I am very pleased to present S&E-1,
the first recommendation of the Commit-
tee on Suffrage and Elections. It deals with
the subject of referendum.
The referendum process in Maryland has
enjoyed a 50-year constitutional history.
Article XVI was passed by the General
Assembly in 1914, and ratified by the voters
in 1915 by a vote of 451,884 for to 24,659
against. The article, as it was added to our
Constitution in 1915, has remained the |
