Chief Clerk's office as early in the morning
as possible.
Delegate Proposal No. 68. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 68, by Delegate Willoner. Title,
A PROPOSAL that no law shall be en-
acted respecting an establishment of reli-
gion; that each person shall have the right
to worship or not to worship; that no per-
son shall be disqualified from public office
or rendered incompetent as a witness or
juror because of his opinion on matters of
religious belief; and that no public funds
shall be spent for the benefit of sectarian
activities or institutions, or institutions in
which any form of racial or religious segre-
gation, discrimination, or bias is practiced.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 68 is referred to the Committee on Per-
sonal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 69. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 69, by Delegate Cardin. Title,
A PROPOSAL that an attorney general
shall be elected to serve for a four-year
term, and shall be re-eligible thereto.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 69 is referred to the Committee on the
Executive Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 70. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 70, by Delegates Bennett and Murphy.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that a person accused of
crime shall be informed of the charge
against him in time to prepare his defense;
shall have the assistance of counsel com-
pensated as the legislature may provide;
shall be confronted with the witnesses
against him; shall have compulsory process
for obtaining witnesses; and shall have a
speedy and public trial before an impartial
jury, the concurrence of at least five-sixths
of whom shall be necessary for a verdict
of guilty except in capital cases where such
verdict shall be unanimous.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 70 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
Delegate Proposal No. 71. The Clerk will
read the proposal. |
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 71, by Delegates Beachley and Pullen.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that the right to a free
education, irrespective of its length, shall
be guaranteed to every individual regard-
less of race, creed, color, sex, or financial
status.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 7I is referred to the Committee on
General Provisions.
Delegate Proposal No. 72. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 72, by Delegate Dorsey. Title,
A PROPOSAL that state and local in-
come, payroll, and earnings taxes shall be
prohibited on and after July 1, 1972.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 72 is referred to the Committee on
State Finance and Taxation.
Delegate Proposal No. 73. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 73, by Delegate Byrnes. Title,
A PROPOSAL that to be eligible as a
senator or delegate a person shall hold no
civil or military office under the United
States; shall be a citizen resident in the
State for at least three years, and in the
legislative district which he may be chosen
to represent, for at least one year; and
that to be eligible as a senator said person
shall have attained the age of twenty-five
years, and to be eligible as a delegate, he
shall have attained the age of twenty-one
years.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 73 is referred to the Committee on the
Legislative Branch.
Delegate Proposal No. 74. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 74, by Delegate Sollins. Title,
A PROPOSAL that the General Assem-
bly shall be a unicameral body meeting for
not more than ninety plenary session days
each year; that the number of legislators
shall be prescribed by law, but in no event
shall be more than one hundred; that legis-
lators shall be qualified voters resident in
the State for at least two years, and at
least twenty-one years old; that legislators
shall be elected for a four-year term from
single-member districts; that legislative va-
cancies shall be filled at special elections; |
