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I believe it is Section 38 of the Interim

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Provisions and you will find it on page 12. The General

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Assembly has until July 1, 1969, within which to provide

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a choice of procedures by which a county can structure

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its government. This takes care of the interim period

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until July 1, 1969, and permits the counties, if they

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choose to do so, to act immediately in the direction of

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getting a charter drafted.

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If they fail to do so, then they would fall

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under whatever choices are available to them provided

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by the General Assembly pursuant to Section 38.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bennett.

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DELEGATE BENNETT: Delegate Clagett, wouldn't

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you then want to change the date from July 1, 1970, to

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December 1, 1969, if your amendment is to really be

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effectuated?

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DELEGATE CLAGETT: No, I would not because it

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is possible, of course, that the General Assembly will

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not act at all to provide the choices specified to be

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provided in Section 38 and if it should fail to do so,

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this provision, having the effect of law, would accomplish