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be assigned as they are headed to do so in the future.
I believe that because I think that the attorney general
is entirely different from the comptroller, which I think
is a purely administrative function, whereas the attorney
general serves both the legislature, the executive,
the judicial, and the people.
And I would like to give you an example of why
I believe that, and how I saw it in action. In 1957
I was a member of the legislature, and down in the Potomac
River we were having great problems. We were having what
they called the "oyster war" with Virginia, and people were
, being killed; and I felt that something should be done
about it, and wanted some help to get some legislation
to abrogate the Compact of 1875, which was a compact made
\ prior to the constitution.
The chief executive of the State did not feel
that this should be done. I went to the attorney general,
the man who sits behind me today in this assembly, and he
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helped me, and he helped others, and we did get the legis-
! lation together? and it was passed. It did go to the Sup-
reme Court, and it became a compact between the two States