10,860

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boundaries that we would anticipate that one could jump

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the Chesapeake Bay in order to keep a single congressional

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district. In this respecttwe say that we differ from

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what we have urged with respect to legislative districts,

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General Assembly districts, where we do not contemplate

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it would or should be necessary because of the smallness

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of those areas or for other reasons as well, but here we

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would anticipate the possibility of jumping the Bay, if it

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became -necessary, although we believe that when we have

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said that due regard shall be given to natural barriers

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this should not be done lightly, that any of these natural

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barriers should be jumped.

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That concludes my comments on congressional

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districting. We are not schedule, according to the

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Congressional Quarterly, to get a ninth congressman in 1970,

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although there does still appear to be some possibility that

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we could obtain a ninth congressman. Under the constitutional

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language here and under the Acts of the Congress, the State

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would have to be redistricted. We could not have this

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ninth congressman if we got him to run at large. We would

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have to have districts throughout for all congressional