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dollars and not a billion. We have a strong executive
system. The Mayor of' Baltimore controls the Board
of Public Works and I approve of the control of the
Board of Public Works by the governor of Maryland,
but don't let that elected official, one or two of them,
ever get out of this place where they can say "Nay,
Governor, Nay, Mr. Mayor, don't you do that."
If any person in Baltimore City suggested
amending our Constitution which is called a charter
and eliminating the Board of Public Works he couldn't get
a corporal's darn of votes to sustain any such
position, because whether you like the people who
complain and holier and scream in your favor and mine
; as a citizen and believe me there are times when they
can be trying on one's patience, let me say to you it is
good to have them there.
Let me cite an example, right in this very
building that we sit in in this solemn conclave, the
Department of Public Works of this state recommended a
purchase of a piece of property for one million, 2UO
thousand dollars. But when it reached the public, the