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be prohibited by Article 1, Section 10 of the Constitution

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of the United States".

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THE PRESIDENT: The amendment is submitted by

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Delegate Gallagher. Is there a second?

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DELEGATE BENNETT: Second.

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THE PRESIDENT: The amendment is seconded by

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Delegate Bennett.

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Delegate Gallagher.

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I hope you will agree with me

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this is the last ride on the B&O Railroad amendment. The

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other evening when we amended this section, question was

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raised about the possibility concerning some pre-1892

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special or general laws that would put us in a position with

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this language to contravene the prohibition against the

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right of contract interference with the first article of

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the Constitution of the United States.

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At that particular time I could see no known

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statute. However, I have had a discussion with Mr. Walter

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Lewis, the advisor to the Committee on State Finance and

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Taxation and with other knowledgeable parties who are

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aware of the history of the B&O Railroad amendment, and we