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lock it into the Constitution now. Let us not confuse
this particular issue with respect to the Board of Public
Works,with the other issue as to which candidates should
be elected and let us not open the necessity for
cementing this in the Constitution with respect to our
decision on the two other offices that are being included
in the revised Board of Public Works.
I would hope this committee would give us
the benefits they gave the other committees of this
Convention. We have strived hard and long to improve
the system.
THE CHAIRMAN: You have one minute. Delegate
Sickles.
DELEGATE SICKLES: So that the people of
Maryland will be protected.
Now, on the other side of the coin we are
told because they cannot elect particular officials they
are losing something. If this is true, why don't we add
more elective officials. Why don't we elect the state
Road Commissioner, why don't we have other elected of-
ficials and then why don't we shorten the terms so you have