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shall receive when his land is taken for public use. It
has in fact extended in the last five to ten years the
damages that a person could receive, and I think the
proper place for consideration of this, especially when
we are not in a position to know how much it will cost,
is in the state legislature and not in the state Consti-
tution and therefore I shall vote and urge you to vote
in favor of this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any other delegate desire to
speak in opposition?
Delegate Dukes.
DELEGATE DUKES: Unlike some of the delegates
who have spoken, I am not in a position to know exactly
how much it might cost the state of Maryland.
The only way to measure that is to know how
much injury the state of Maryland is doing which it doesn't
pay for. I, like most taxpayers, am very disinclined to
have the state go out and spend money for things I don't
need for myself. But I am ready to pay my fair share where
a particular person has been injured and where he has
been injured by the state.