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(The mace was removed by the Sergeant-
at-Arms.)
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
NOVEMBER 28, 1967—2:35 P.M.
PRESIDENT H. VERNON ENEY,
PRESIDING
THE CHAIRMAN: The Committee of
the Whole will please come to order.
For what purpose does Delegate Pullen
rise?
DELEGATE PULLEN: I hope I am in
order. I would like to recognize three
neighbors of mine from Catonsville, Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Zimmerman, and Mrs.
Mary Jane Joy.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: We are delighted to
have them here.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Cardin.
DELEGATE CARDIN: Mr. Chairman
and fellow delegates, it is with pleasure
that I announce in the rear gallery the
Chief Judge of the Orphan's Court of Bal-
timore County, Judge Suzanne Mensh and
Mrs. Leonard Goodman.
I hope we can give a welcome and that
they will be enlightened by our delibera-
tions.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyce.
DELEGATE BOYCE: Apparently the
League of Women Voters has been here
and not recognized. I would like everyone
to give them a hand for having been here
quite continually with us.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair wishes to
recognize the nine members of the Brandeis
University Women's Committee of the
American Government Study Group, Mont-
gomery County, in the District of Colum-
bia; delighted to have them also.
(Applause.)
Any further announcements?
Delegate Fornos.
DELEGATE FORNOS: Mr. President,
I would like to recognize in the gallery a
great public servant, Harry T. Krause. He
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has been a civic leader in Annapolis for
many years.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any further an-
nouncements? If not, we will proceed to a
consideration of the Recommendation No. 3
of the Committee on the Executive Branch
contained in Committee Report EB-1. The
Chair would like to state that it conferred
with Delegate Morgan and Delegate
Powers at the noon recess and understands
that the Committee on the Executive
Branch in agreeing to the compromise did
so with the understanding that Recommen-
dation Nos. 2 and 3 would be voted on as
they were reached.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Morgan
to present the Committee Report.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: The Committee
Report with respect to the treasurer is
going to be presented by the Vice-President
of the Committee, the Honorable E. Dale
Adkins.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Adkins to present the report
of the committee.
Mr. Chairman, and members of the
Committee of the Whole: At the risk of
being corrected by my more erudite friends,
I feel a little like King Canute who bade
the waves to be still. The waves apparently
will not be still. The arguments relating to
the treasurer are basically the same as
those relating to the comptroller. I think
it should not have extensive elaboration or
debate.
There are some significant differences to
which I would like to invite your attention.
We have had many references to the 116
year old office of comptroller. Reference to
the debates of the 1851 Reform Convention
indicate that in fact a comptroller was put
in the constitution not as a check on the
governor, but indeed as a check on the
treasurer in order that the State might be
assured that there would be two signatures
on every check. It seems to me unnecessary
to have two constitutional officers to pro-
vide for dual signatures on checks in the
State of Maryland in this day of modern,
electronic data processing.
The office of treasurer assumes its con-
stitutional significance only as a result of
being on the Board of Public Works. I do
not think that it can be successfully argued
that to control the funds of Maryland that
the people need to have two elected officials
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