Mr. Crimmins: You mean by that the Executive Council would have to report back to the Society?
Mr. Lonergan: I want to be as brief as possible. I take it the Executive Council is more representative of the Society at large than this gathering is, and I therefore move that this revised constitution be submitted to the Executive Council, with power to amend and revise, and that a copy thereof be sent forward to every member.
General Collins: Can this Society delegate the power of adopting a constitution to the Executive Council?
Dr. Quinlan: The Executive Council would have to report back to the Society.
General Collins: The gentleman’s motion does not concur with that idea. His idea is that we submit it to the Executive Council with power to adopt, and it shall then stand.
Dr. Quinlan: I don’t think that would be constitutional. It must be voted upon by the Society at large. Mr. Lonergan’s amendment is before the house. All in favor signify by saying “aye.” It seems to be carried; it is carried.
All who are in favor of Mr. Lonergan’s motion will stand until counted. Forty-three.
All who are opposed to Mr. Lonergan’s motion will stand until counted. Twenty-seven.
These voices must have stentorian tones, if not a re-echo. The chair reverses its decision, and the verdict is that Mr. Lonergan’s amendment stands.
Judge Lee: That was your decision in the first place.