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as a process and to the filling of governmental offices.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any other questions?

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Delegate Lloyd Taylor,

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DELEGATE LLOYD TAYLOR: Delegate Gallagher,

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in reference to your last two words, "governmental

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operations", what do you mean by that, exactly,

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"governmental operations"?

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: We mean the ordinary

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day-to-day conduct of government.

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DELEGATE LLOYD TAYLOR: Do you mean, say,

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the police operation, or operation of the police depart-

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ment? Would that be included?

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Yes, that would be a part

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of governmental operations.

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DELEGATE LLOYD TAYLOR: Well, suppose you had

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an emergency in, say, Cambridge or Baltimore City

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where you had a riot situation and you had a large number

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of arrests, and of course the police could not abide by

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the writ of habeas corpus due to the fact that they have

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maybe four thousand people arrested, and of course they

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couldn't take care of their duties and responsibilities in