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oppose this Constitution if they feel that gambling will be

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licensed by the State, gambling will be licensed by the

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local government, that the good name of Maryland will be

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ruined. We have gone through one battle trying to get rid

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of slot machines. You don't know what it is like in the

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General Assembly to have these people on your necks all the

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time, and I am telling you members of the Convention that

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this is a very serious vote and a vote to keep this clause

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out of the Constitution could conceivably defeat the Con-

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stitution. I am just urging you to vote for this provision.)

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Kosakowski.

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DELEGATE KOSAKOWSKI: Mr. President and delegates

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of this Convention: What is a legislator for if not to bear

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pressures from people? You speak about pressures. What

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has happened right within this Convention? If it is the

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will of the people, the will shall speak.

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I think we all have a responsibility here. Don't

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let anybody tell you the old bugaboo of Mafia and gamblers

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running all over the State of Maryland. That type of a

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statement is a scary one.

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When I asked for a division of this section, Mr.