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that will have been drafted identified by Delegate Hardwicke

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as the so-called model charter would then become effective

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in that county as well as in any other counties which had

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failed to adopt the charter within the prescribed period

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of time.

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I urqe that you favorably act upon this

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amendment. It is quite important as you will note by

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the names who are soonsoring it, coming from Prince

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Georges Countv where over the period of many years a battle

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insofar as the selection of an instrument of government

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has been a most bitter one.

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It is felt by providing the two approaches, the

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appointment and the election process, the final result

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would be one which would be far more palatable to the

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people of that county. As it applies there, it applies

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equally with respect to other counties which have failed

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to adont a charter, not withstanding Article 11A having

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been available to them since 1915.

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I urge that you favorably act upon this amend-

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ment, and that it be included in the Schedule of Legislation

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hardwicke, did you