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good one and I would attempt to answer it in this way

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that the local school system as provided in this section

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could be regulated by law and again without knowing all of

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the local refinements of the local government law as pro-

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posed would be subject to referendum in those subdivisions

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affected. If it would be state-wide in nature it would

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be subject to a state-wide referendum. If it would affect

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the local subdivision, it would be subject to a referendum

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in that subdivision alone. The point you raise and one

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that troubled the committee greatly in making this excep-

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tion for Baltimore City we have in effect put them out of

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step with the other 23 subdivisions, but I do think their

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board having predated many of the local boards in the

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county should be given and accorded the recognition which

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would allow it to continue without constitutional mandate

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and at such time as it would, be desirable to make one

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system, and I certainly wouldn't want to do it because I

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think local subdivisions should have some flexibility.

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That if it would be desirable to make the State uniform

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that it should then be required that the people would have

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an opportunity to speak upon it rather than by just a simple