of qualified voters equal to ten per cent of
the total number of votes cast for governor
in the most recent gubernatorial election,
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 5I is referred to the Committee on Suf-
frage and Elections.
Delegate Proposal No. 52. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 52, by Delegate Koger. Title,
A PROPOSAL that no person shall be
deprived of life, liberty, or property without
due process of law; be denied equal protec-
tion of the laws; or be subject to discrimi-
nation by law or other governmental action
or denied the enjoyment of any civil or
political right because of race, color, or
creed.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 52 is referred to the Committee on Per-
sonal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 52 has been repro-
duced. You should have a copy.
Delegate Proposal No. 53. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 53, by Delegate Koger. Title,
A PROPOSAL that prohibits the State
or any subdivision thereof from granting a
license to any person or firm that shall
deny any right to any person because of
race, color, or creed.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 53 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 53 has been dupli-
cated. You should have a copy.
Delegate Proposal No. 54. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 54, by Delegate Siewierski. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the General Assem-
bly shall convene annually for a period of
ninety days.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 54 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch.
This proposal has been duplicated. You
should have a copy.
Delegate Proposal No. 55. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 55, by Delegate Siewierski. Title, |
A PROPOSAL that a petition filed with
the office of the governor shall refer a law
to a vote of the people; that if rejected by
a majority of those voting on the question,
the law shall stand repealed thirty days
after, and shall not be reenacted for a
period of two years; and that a referred
law shall not take effect until thirty days
after its approval, unless passed by the
affirmative vote of three-fifths of all the
members of each house of the General
Assembly.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 55 is referred to the Committee on
Suffrage and Elections.
Delegate Proposal No. 56. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 56, by Delegate Cardin. Title,
A PROPOSAL that no person shall be
deprived of life, liberty, or property with-
out due process of law; be denied the equal
protection of the laws; or be subject to
discrimination by law or other governmen-
tal action because of religion, race, color,
sex, or national origin.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 56 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble. This
proposal has been reproduced. You should
have a copy.
Delegate Proposal No. 57. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 57, by Delegate Byrnes. Title,
A PROPOSAL that establishes the right
of the people to propose laws through ini-
tiative, and to enact or reject such laws
at the polls; the procedures for filing a
petition to initiate legislation; the submis-
sion of the question of the adoption of the
proposed law to the qualified voters at the
first regular election held not less than
sixty days after the end of the session of
the General Assembly which failed to enact
the initiated proposal into law; a prohibi-
tion against legislative repeal or amend-
ment of an initiated law adopted by the
people within a period of three years of
adoption, except if by a two-thirds vote of
all the members; a procedure by which the
governor can submit to referendum any bill
rejected by the legislature, with or without
amendments considered by the legislature;
a procedure by which the legislature can
submit to referendum any bill which upon
reconsideration after a gubernatorial veto
was approved by a majority of the mem- |
