more time off. We are now working a
thirty-two hour work week. We have al-
ready taken into consideration the com-
muting distances of our distinguished coun-
tians who come from far away by calling
the Convention into session at 4 P.M. on
Monday afternoon.
We also have taken further steps to make
sure that all attorneys in this Convention
shall enjoy the enviable position of not
losing any business by postponing all court
cases that they might be involved in until
after the Convention is over.
It seems to me we were elected to do a
job and those delegates who are interested
in doing that job know they owe this to
their people back home.
THE PRESIDENT: Call for the ques-
tion. A vote Aye is a vote—
DELEGATE FORNOS: Mr. President,
I would like to call for a roll call.
THE PRESIDENT: A vote Aye is a
vote in favor of the motion, a vote in favor
of the proposition that the Convention will
sit on Friday, October 27. A vote No is a
vote in opposition to the motion. It does
not mean that the Convention will not sit
on the 27th, the Convention will decide that
at the proper time. Roll call vote has been
called for. Delegate Boyce.
DELEGATE BOYCE: As I understand
the roll call is to defeat Mr. Fornos' mo-
tion. If that be so, then does the calendar
hold that we decided the other day?
THE PRESIDENT: There was no de-
cision the other day that the Convention
would or would not meet on the 27th. All
you had was an announcement by the
Chairman of the Committee on Calendar
and Agenda that on Thursday, the 26th,
he would move that the Convention recess
until the following Monday. In other words,
it was merely notice of his intention.
DELEGATE BOYCE: Thank you, Mr.
President.
THE PRESIDENT: The Convention
would still be in control of its calendar.
There will be a roll call vote. A vote Aye
is a vote in favor of the motion. A vote
No is a vote opposed. Has every delegate
voted? Does any delegate desire to change
his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 2I votes in the affirmative
and 112 in the negative, the motion is lost. |
Are there any further motions or resolu-
tions? Delegate Robey.
DELEGATE ROBEY: Mr. President,
now that we have voted on the motion, I
have one personal question, that is with
regard to salary status and per diem status
on that date.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Frank
Robey, are you putting a question?
DELEGATE ROBEY: I am asking a
question, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Of the Chair?
DELEGATE ROBEY: Of the Chair.
THE PRESIDENT: If I understand
you correctly, the question is whether the
per diem expense allowance would be paid
that day if the delegate was not actually
in attendance at a meeting of the commit-
tee or of the Convention. I am assuming
that if he is not in attendance at a meet-
ing of the Convention or of a committee
thereof, he does not receive his per diem.
The same rule does not apply, I would
take it, to the salary because the provision
for salary is that there be a $2,000 salary
with a deduction of $15 per day for every
day of unexcused absence. This would not
be a day of unexcused absence, so I take
it there would not be a deduction. That is
merely my personal opinion that if there
are no committee meetings and no Conven-
tion session, there would not be a $25 ex-
pense allowance.
Are there any further motions or reso-
lutions?
I have only one announcement. Hereto-
fore we have been circulating to all dele-
gates a copy of the daily transcript. It has
been suggested by a number of delegates
that this is posing a problem of bulk. They
do not have sufficient storage space. There-
fore, beginning on Monday, we will cease
the practice of circulating a transcript to
every delegate. Instead we will send one
transcript to each committee chairman and
will give one transcript to each delegate
who in person requests the office of the
secretary of the Convention to continue
supplying him with a transcript. If you do
not make the request immediately, it does
not mean that you cannot make the request
at a later date.
The effect of the rule, therefore, is
merely to avoid unnecessary distribution of
the transcripts. Any delegate who wants
one now or later may stop at the office of
the secretary and he can be put on the dis-
tribution list. |
