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page 2 -- even though not printed?

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The Chair hears none.

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The amendment will be Amendment No. 6, to delete

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all of Section 2.05 comprising lines 32 to 42 on page 2.

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Is there a second?

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(Whereupon, the motion was duly seconded,)

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THE PRESIDENT: The amendment has been seconded.

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The Chair recognizes Delegate Fox.

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DELEGATE FOX: Mr. Chairman, I don't want to

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belabor it, I think everybody understands the issue. I

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would only say that the matters that are contained therein

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are not necessary. They are found at other places in

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the constitution -- the important ones are -- and I see

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no reason to say anything more about it than that.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Koss.

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DELEGATE KOSS: Mr, President, I don't know

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really what Delegate Fox refers to as the important ones.

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The reason the committee put this in is that there are

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a number of municipalities in the state of Maryland who

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now require that in order to vote a resident must own

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property. The committee felt very strongly that in this