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will be that you will come as close to breaking out and

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killing what I thought ought to be destroyed and that is a

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bonanza or a break for the speculator, but you don't want

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to in attempting to kill what he is doing, kill the farmers

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in Maryland and therefore my view is that we ought to vote

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against the two amendments, first the Barrick amendment,

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secondly we ought to vote against the Hanson amendment.

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What the committee has got in here comes as close,

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with the help of the Legislature and the State Bureau of

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Assessments which is going to administer this, to getting

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at what is a proper classification.

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The bona fide farmer will be protected but he

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won't he protected just by somebody calling him a farmer.

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He will have to go through a whole lot to prove it.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Mitchell.

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DELEGATE MITCHELL: Cannot the General Assembly

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just as easily define "bona fide farmer" as it can

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"agricultural property"?

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THL PRESIDENT: Delegate Sherbow.

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DELEGATE SHERBOW: It can and it should and that

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is what we are saying, but if you put "bona fide farmer" in