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and Elections and before the Committee of the Whole.

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As I am sure you know, the Attorney General

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of Maryland is counsel to the board of supervisors of

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elections of Baltimore City only. Every county board has

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its own counsel, and this has resulted in the situation

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where there is no uniformity of interpretation or

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administration except to the extent that counsel for local

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county boards decide to follow the opinions of the Attorney

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General.

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The Association referred to by Delegate Koss

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strongly urged that either the Attorney General or some

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agency be able to prescribe uniform interpretation,

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and I think that is what is intended here.

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Delegate Della.

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DELEGATE DELLA: If that is the only intent,

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Mr. President, that is perfectly all right. I didn't know

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whether this was going to supersede the local boards or not.

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THE PRESIDENT: No, it is not intended to.

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It is intended to provide a means by which the election laws

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can be interpreted and applied uniformly throughout the

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state.