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be our most important one.

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Let all our people know that the word will come

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forth from this moment on: that a new government has been

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formed to fill their wants and needs, created not in

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fear of them, but with concern for their welfare.

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Mr. President, I am still impatient to hear

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my name called, but I shall contain myself, content in the

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knowledge that there will be a better Maryland tomorrow,

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and we helped to make it so.

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(The delegates arose and applauded.)

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THE PRESIDENT: The Sergeant at Arms and the

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Secretary will please come forward with the Constitution.

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(The Sergeant at Arms and the Secretary brought

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the draft Constitution into the Chamber of the House of

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Delegates and placed it on the historic desk from the Old

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Senate Chamber.)

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THE PRESIDENT: As we reach this most important

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of all moments in our deliberations and the President must

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leave the Chair in order to certify the new Constitution

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with the Secretary, I am reminded that many times during

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our deliberations the First Vice President and the Second