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the able Chairman explains it, my ques-
tion to him is would he yield as each ques-
tion comes to our minds?
THE CHAIRMAN: I am not at all sure
I understand what your question is, Dele-
gate Malkus, but I will tell you the pro-
cedure that will be followed in accordance
with the rules previously announced and in
accordance with the debate schedule.
You have here one report of the Com-
mittee and one Minority Report. The pro-
cedure to be followed is that the Chairman
of the Committee will make a general pre-
sentation of the entire article and will then
answer questions pertaining to the entire
article without specific reference to the
various sections.
The minority spokesman will then make
a similar report or presentation of the mi-
nority position. The minority spokesman
will be subject to questioning in the same
manner.
After that is concduled, the Chairman of
the Committee will make a presentation of
the first part of the article embraced within
the general term "court structure" em-
bodying sections 5.01 to 5.11. He will be
available for questioning.
The minority spokesman will then pre-
sent views of the minority with respect to
those same sections.
We will then consider amendments to
those sections. Debate will be in accord-
ance with the debate schedule.
After that is concluded, we will follow
the same procedure with respect to the
next portion of the Report, Judicial Selec-
tion, Tenure and Removal, and following
that again with the final portion of the
article, Administration and Rule-making
Power.
That is the procedure that is set out in
the debate schedule which has been adopted
by the Convention.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: In other words,
if we had a pertinent question on a point
at the time it was being discussed, and we
rose to ask the question, we would not be
allowed to ask it at that time.
THE CHAIRMAN: You will not be al-
lowed to interrupt the presentation either
of the Committee Chairman or the mi-
nority spokesman.
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There will be ample opportunity for
questions upon completion of their presen-
tations.
Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: You think the
procedures used by the Courts of Appeals —
I have not been there as often as you
have — but they ask questions at any time,
on anything. Do you think their procedure,
then, is wrong?
THE CHAIRMAN: I did not say that
and I do not think so, but we are dealing
with an entirely different situation. We
have 142 delegates, not seven.
Delegate Mudd.
DELEGATE MUDD: Thank you, Mr.
Chairman.
Perhaps out of order but by way of an-
ticipating, I had visualized the audience as
a jury of 142 people, not the Court of Ap-
peals of 142 judges. But I probably stand
to be corrected in the course of this presen-
tation.
May I say preliminary, ladies and gen-
tlemen of the Committee, that the Minority
Report in its first line says that it is a
Minority Report and not a dissent. To me
that is significant in view of the fact that
the Minority Report apparently confirms
and recognizes that the situation in Mary-
land in the matter of court structure and
the administration of justice does require
improvement in order to meet the needs of
our State with its increased population,
more automobiles, more administrative
regulations, and all of which has in many
instances swamped our courts with ever-
increasing caseloads. In many areas, in-
deed, the courts may be said to be snowed
under with litigation.
Accordingly, I hope we can begin by
assuming that there is a job to be done
and that the minority view is not a dis-
sent but a minority view as to how it might
be done.
Committee Recommendation No. JB-1 of
the Judicial Branch proposes an entire ju-
diciary article for the new Maryland con-
stitution. The recommendation provides the
basic framework for a simplified unified
court structure within which the overall
administration of justice can most effec-
tively function.
Our recommendation has been described
in the press as bulky. But it was only
after careful consideration that the Com-
mittee decided to make a single complete
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