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speaking for myself and the five other members of my family

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I will be glad to contribute the extra three cents in tax

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dollars the six of us will have to contribute to pay this

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extra fifteen thousand dollars. Thank you.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hardwicke.

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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: There are certain transi-

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tional reasons that we need to put this amount in here and

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that is the constitutional prohibition of raising or chang-

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ing the salary of an incumbent when he is in office.

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Unless we do it this way, it would be very difficult for

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the Legislature to do it at all with regard to the incumbent

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Secondly, I think we occupy a peculiar position

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with regard to the people of the State of Maryland. We

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are more or less their direct representation. It is easier

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and more non-political for us to take care of this matter

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than it is for the Legislature to attempt to do it.

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For that reason I think the amendment should be

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voted down.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kathleen Robie.

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DELEGATE ROBIE: Mr. President and Ladies and

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Gentlemen: I will not belabor this issue, but I would like

to point out that I don't believe the man in the street