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With the three-to-one ratio we could have what we suggest,
to the extent that possibility exists within the plan,
I certainly applaud it.
However, having recognized its virtue, I must
also recognize its singlemost glaring significant defect
which is this: That the amendment which we have before us
is the avenue to perpetuating what we have at this moment.
We do not want to continue what we have, because using
the four-to-one ratio you can provide for a house of
144 and a senate of 36. I do think that is exactly what
would spring to mind if this amendment were adopted because
of the attempt I think to provide each county with as much
of an opportunity to have a delegate it can call its
own as possible. however, if one takes the 1970 census
projection for Maryland, it would appear that in order
to be entitled to a delegate all its own, a county would have
to have 27,700 population.
As I look at the 1970 projections, I count
the following counties with less than 27,700 population.
Calvert, Garett, Kent, despite its 330th anniversary, Queen
Annes, Somerset, Talbot, I count seven and quite a possibility |
