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of the State of Maryland, regardless of whether it be the
lowest court of our system hearing a traffic case or the
highest court of our State hearing argument on an intri-
cate question of law. If we do this, we will go a long way
towards inculcating in every citizen a deep and abiding
respect for the law.
We must also bring the government responsible
for supplying the everyday needs of the citizen -- police
protection, fire protection, schools, water, sewers,
garbage collection and similar needs, closer to the people,
and at the same time we must recognize that the needs for
these services transcends local and artificial geographic
boundaries, and that local government encompasses much more
than the municipal and county governments with which we
are familiar. We can do this by providing in the Constitu-
tion the means by which other local governments capable of
solving these problems can be formed and established and be
granted the necessary powers.
We must also not forget the individual and his
rights and liberties. Many say that a declaration of
rights in a state constitution is an anachronism, that |
