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i consideration to be the substantially equal representation,
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and the due reqard to natural boundaries and the
boundaries of political subdivisions, to be of less '
conseauence than the attempts to achieve substantially
eoual representation.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hardwicke.
DELEGATE HARDWICKE: Thank you. I was not
aware of the amendment. Thank you for calling it to my
attention.
I would like to phrase one further point with
, regard to this.
In the present Congressional redistricting drawn
by the District Court, and I am familiar with it, as some
of the suggestions I made are in there, one of them in par-
ticular relates to the Beltway around the city of Balti-
more, and there, Mr. Chairman, the Beltway of the City
of Baltimore or around the City of Baltimore forms the
boundary for certain of the metropolitan Conqrcssional
districts.
Would you not oermit in your language such artifi-
cial boundaries to be usrd in Conqrespional redistricting?
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