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of as representatives of the people. I don't think the

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people of this State should be misled on this, as anything

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but something that should be left to the legislature that

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they would decide for the benefit of all of the people,

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not on any moral question, not on whether the gamblers

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are going to take over Maryland, but whether or not it is

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something that some time in the future might be of benefit

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for the State of Maryland, and for that reason I think we

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should not have it in the Constitution.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Weidemeyer.

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. President, and members

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of the Convention: I feel that this article on lotteries

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has no proper place in our Constitution, because it is

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entirely a legislative matter.

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Now, Delegate Sherbow has dangled a lot of fears

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and this is going to happen, and that is going to happen.

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I don't know where he gets his big imagination, but I would

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think that if he had any fears about what is in his

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article, he ought to have some fears about extending these

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bond issues for 25 years, and there is an area where there

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really will be some campaigning in the legislature to