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truth within it because we have in Worcester County a

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species of deer unknown to the rest of the State. We have

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in Garrett County a turkey population unknown to the rest

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of the State.

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We have seafood species in southern Maryland

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in the waters of the Bay which are unknown to the upper Bay,

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and to the tributaries of the Bay, and we have some species

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of fish in the upper Bay which are unknown to the lower

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Bay, and do not exist when the saline content becomes too

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high.

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For three and a half years I represented many

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if not most of the Federal agencies in this State which

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dealt with natural resources. The variation within the

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State was so great that those agencies themselves varied

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their regulations within this State, sometimes on a county

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by county basis, and on occasion Congress itself passed

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laws which varied within the State, because of the

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variation of soil, content, game and fish within the State,

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it was necessary to do so.

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The exception in 3.22 permits the State itself

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to vary a law from county to county if it thinks that is