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with a document that is a good one for the
State, and not be so concerned with the
question of whether or not we are getting
a little bit impatient.
I suggest that our impatience is not go-
ing to harm us so much as it will harm the
rest of the State and our children.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are you ready for
the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 17 to Committee Recom-
mendation JB-1.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 17. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your votes.
Have all delegates voted?
Does any delegate desire to change his
vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 11 votes in the affirmative
and 103 in the negative, the motion is lost.
The amendment is rejected.
The Chair would like to take this oppor-
tunity to acknowledge the presence in the
gallery of thirty-six students from Ken-
sington Junior High School of Montgomery
County, and fourteen students of Tacoma
Park Junior High School in Montgomery
County. We are delighted to have them
with us.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Grant, do
you still desire to offer your amendment
EJ.
DELEGATE GRANT: I would like to
offer it, but I would like to offer it with a
very minimum of debate.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well. Let me
ask the pages to distribute Amendment EJ.
Please mark this Amendment No. 18. I
might say the Chair had some difficulty
with this amendment, in deciding whether
or not it was equivalent to the amendments
previously offered. It might appear to be
such, but in combination with the other lan-
guage, I do not think it is. I think the
amendment is in order, although the effect
of it is included in some of the other
amendments in conjunction with other
matters.
For what purpose does Delegate Miller
rise?
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DELEGATE B. MILLER: Mr. Chair-
man, you acknowledged fourteen students
from Tacoma Junior High School. There
are ninety-four students here with their
teacher today. I would like that to be noted.
THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you.
The Clerk will read Amendment No. 18.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 18
to Committee Recommendation JB-1 by
Delegate Grant: on page 4 section 5.11
Commissioners strike the last sentence on
lines 1 through 4, inclusive, and insert in
lieu thereof the following: "Commissioners
may exercise such power as prescribed by
law."
THE CHAIRMAN: Is the amendment
seconded?
DELEGATE BENNETT: Seconded.
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment hav-
ing been seconded by Delegate Bennett, the
Chair recognizes Delegate Grant to speak
to the amendment. ,
DELEGATE GRANT: This is essen-
tially the same amendment as Amendment
14, the last thing we voted on yesterday.
What it says simply is that instead of
commissioners exercising power to pre-
scribe by rule, which obviously this Con-
vention does not want, that they would
exercise such powers as prescribed by law.
This would mean that if the General
Assembly in its wisdom so desired, it could
give to the judiciary the authority to pre-
scribe the power of commissioners by rule.
If the General Assembly did not trust the
judiciary, as this Convention has indicated
there may be some doubt, then it could
prescribe the powers by law.
I think it should be made eminently clear
exactly what the desires of the Convention
are on this point because if it is not al-
lowed to be done by the General Assembly,
it means that short of a constitutional
amendment, the commissioners will be re-
stricted to the very few powers which are
set forth in the section as it now stands.
I think the Convention should indicate
that it desires the commissioners to have
these powers and no more short of constitu-
tional amendment or that it desires the
General Assembly to be able to handle the
situation as times change.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mudd.
DELEGATE MUDD: Mr. Chairman, la-
dies and gentlemen of the Convention, I
must rise to oppose this amendment, and
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