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by your use of the word "authorize" the
Committee does not intend that it shall be
a direct authorization but will permit the
county, or Baltimore City by its own en-
abling act to do that which is authorized.
THE CHAIRMAN: That is the way in
which I used the word.
DELEGATE CLAGETT: That is where
I think Delegate Hanson is failing to ap-
preciate what you were trying to say.
THE CHAIRMAN: Then I regret the
confusion.
Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: Mr. Chairman,
could I direct a question on another sub-
ject to the sponsor of the amendment, Dele-
gate Hanson?
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair has com-
pletely lost track of where we are in the
debate and must say yes.
Delegate Hanson, will you yield to a
question?
DELEGATE HANSON: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: Could you tell
me whether there is any language in your
amendment which affects or restricts in
any way the time for holding elections for
officials of a popularly elected representa-
tive regional government, if any should be
created under the language of section 7.10
of this Constitution?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: I know of no
language in this amendment which would
so restrict, and it is not the intention of
this amendment so to restrict. If there is
an instrument of government of such a
regional body, it could make the determina-
tion in the same manner as the county, or
that determination could be made by the
law establishing the regional government or
by subsequent law applying to all regional
governments.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: I have nothing
further.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well.
Delegate Needle, do you know whether
your amendment is printed?
Delegate Barrick?
DELEGATE BARRICK: Mr. Chair-
man, I am a little confused myself, and I
was wondering if I might direct one ques-
tion to Delegate Hanson.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson,
would you yield to a question?
DELEGATE HANSON: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: By your use
of "general law" in line 11, do you mean
that the General Assembly could act in an
affirmative manner on a county-by-county
basis dealing with this subject matter?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate -Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: Not in a fash-
ion that would be self-executing, as I un-
derstand the term as it has been used else-
where in the constitution as we have
adopted it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: But if we took
the word "general" out, then you agree
that they could deal with it self-executing
on a county-by-county basis?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: I am fearful if
we took out the term "general public" or
"public general", whichever way it occurs,
that we would be left with an ambiguity
which the sponsors of this amendment do
not intend. This could, since this does not
appear in the local government section, pos-
sibly lead to opening the door again to the
old local legislative practice of permitting
the General Assembly to pass a local law
applying to a specific county, and that is
definitely not our intention.
THE CHAIRMAN: For what purpose
does Delegate Frederick rise?
DELEGATE FREDERICK: I would like
to ask one question of the sponsor.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson,
will you yield to another question?
DELEGATE HANSON: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Frederick.
DELEGATE FREDERICK: I ask the
question unless otherwise provided by pub-
lic general law or by instrument of gov-
ernment, can the public general law over-
ride the charter provision of the city or the
county?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: Yes. A public
general law would override a charter provi-
sion which was contrary to public general
law.
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