A PROPOSAL that establishes single-
member districts for the Senate, and dis-
tricts with from one to three delegates for
the House of Delegates.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 64 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 65. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 65, by Delegate Marion. Title,
A PROPOSAL that a vacancy in the
General Assembly shall be filled by a spe-
cial election,
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 65 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch. It has been duplicated.
You should have a copy.
Delegate Proposal No. 66. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 66, by Delegates Sosnowski and Kirk-
land. Title.
A PROPOSAL that the General Assem-
bly shall establish and maintain a statewide
system of free public schools, including pre-
school education, a minimum of two years
of post-high school education, and such
other public educational institutions as may
be desirable.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 66 is referred to the Committee on
General Provisions. It has been duplicated.
You should have a copy.
Delegate Proposal No. 67. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 67, by Delegate Wagandt. Title,
A PROPOSAL that, the number of mem-
bers of each House of the General Assem-
bly shall be prescribed by law; that the
number of delegates shall not be less than
eighty or more than one hundred and ten;
that the number of senators shall not ex-
ceed one-third of the number of delegates;
and that the Senate shall have single-
member districts, and the House of Dele-
gates districts with from one to three dele-
gates.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 67 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch.
The proposals introduced today encom-
pass 4I to 67, inclusive. You should have |
all except 41, 42, 43, and 44, 46, 48, 51, 55,
57, 61, 62, 64 and 67.
DELEGATE DABROWSKI: Mr. Presi-
dent, I would like to make reference to
Delegate Proposal No. 62. We have not a
copy of it. Is there any chance that we
could get a copy?
THE PRESIDENT: May I interrupt? If
I mispronounce any of your names, I would
greatly appreciate it if you would correct
me.
DELEGATE DABROWSKI: Dabrowski.
I would like to make a motion, Mr. Presi-
dent, that copies of this Proposal No. 62
be sent to Senators Tydings and Brewster
and members of the Congress for then-
scrutiny and possible submittal as a fed-
eral amendment to the Constitution. Pro-
posal No. 62.
THE PRESIDENT: I am not sure I
completely understood what you said. You
said for their perusal and consideration as
a possible amendment to the Constitution
of the United States?
DELEGATE DABROWSKI: Yes, just
that a copy of this proposal as presented
be submitted to them and for them to scru-
tinize it and possibly present the same
amendment as a federal amendment to the
Constitution.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second
to the motion?
(The motion was duly seconded.)
MR. SHERBOW: I rise on a point of
parliamentary inquiry. Is it not true that
all matters before this Convention are pub-
lic, and is it not true that the chairman of
each committee may and should write to
all interested parties, and if we are to
take such bills that members feel should
have the special scrutiny of the federal
government, are we not thereby abdicating
in some degree that which rightfully be-
longs to us? Maybe this is not a parlia-
mentary inquiry. What I am trying to say
is that this is not properly before us.
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair had
somewhat the same feeling. That is why I
asked Delegate Dabrowski to amplify fur-
ther the motion which he made. At the
moment I asked whether there was a sec-
ond to the motion. I heard none.
DELEGATE DABROWSKI: Since they
do not have a copy of the bill, certainly
they could not second it.
THE PRESIDENT: May I suggest to
you then, Delegate Dabrowski, that you dis- |
