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to cover that job that he is seeking, I think it is a very

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reasonable requirement to have in the constitution.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Grumbacher.

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DELEGATE GRUMBACHER: Mr. President, I rise

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to support Delegate White's position.

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Maryland, of course, is not Mississippi, thank

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God, but the major reason I can see for striking this is

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that this allows persons other than the voters to decide

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what are the qualifications for holding office, and I

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therefore strongly support Delegate White's motion to strike

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these three lines.

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THE PRESIDENT: Is there any other discussion?

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Delegate Bamberger?

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DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Mr. Chairman, I rise to

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support the amendment. Perhaps my comments would evoke

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some answer from the committee chairman.

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My concern is that by coupling this statement

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of authority of the Legislature to require bond,

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which is an authority that they already have, but by

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coupling it with the prohibition against ownership of

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property as a requirement for holding office could be