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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Well, we say that the

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legislature shall not pass special laws where general laws

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exist. This section was put in in 1851 as a companion

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piece to comparable language in the 1851 constitution.

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I do think that they balance each other and should be read

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together.

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If you didn't have the allowance of special

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laws, I don't think it would be necessary to keep

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the first two sentences in.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.

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DELEGATE PULLEN: Mr. Chairman, let's see

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if we can't spread this around a bit.

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Section 25, Article 77 of the Code, in

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respect to the approval of schools, has this statement:

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"Provided that nothing in this section shall

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be construed as having application to any school or

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college that is now operating under a charter granted

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by the legislature of Maryland".

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Now, there have been attempts in the past few

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years to revive charters that were given by the legislature

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to begin the operation of schools. I wonder if