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sentence in Section 3.02, which reads, "Each district shall
be composed of adjoininq territory and be compact in form",
I would say that it is our intention that under the inter-
pretation of the words, adjoining and compact, that a
redistricting Commission or the General Assembly could not
form a district, either a Senate district or a Delegate
district, by crossing the Chesapeake Bay. Consequently,
therefore, it will not be possible to link up in delegate o
senate districts any of the counties on the Eastern
Shore, or Western Shore of Maryland.
THE CHAIRMAN: I assume that the Chairman of
the Committee on Style has made a note of this statement
so that if the question arises in the Committee on Style
as to the meaninq of the second sentence of Section 3.02
you will have Delegate Gallagher's statement before you.
Delegate Gallagher, I don't want to quibble, but
I think your statement was susceptible of an interpreta-
tion you didn't intend.
MR. GALLAGHER: Are you speaking of Cecil and
Harford Counties, Mr. President?
THE CHAIRMAN: That was one of the questions,