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cept the amendment, it will be the inten-
tion of this Convention that the General
Assembly may provide by law for the estab-
lishment, et cetera, of all multi-county gov-
ernment units.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Moser.
DELEGATE MOSER: That would be
correct, Delegate Hardwicke.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion. Do
you desire to speak in favor of or against
the amendment?
DELEGATE MARION: Mr. Chairman,
I desire to ask one question for clarification
of the Committee Chairman, if he will yield
for a question.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does Delegate Moser
yield for a question?
DELEGATE MOSER: I yield.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: Perhaps this
was touched on yesterday, but I wonder
before voting on this amendment whether
I could get a clarification as to the mean-
ing of "multi-county governmental units",
specifically as to whether or not the hy-
phenated word "multi-county" would en-
compass units composed of parts, that is,
more than one county or parts of counties,
or whether it would have to be two or
more entire counties?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Moser.
DELEGATE MOSER: It could encom-
pass a unit which would include part of one
county and part of another county.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: I am concerned
because in the definition section, 7.10,
county is defined as "a county" and region
is defined as "a unit which consists of two
or more counties or parts of counties".
However, this would encompass a part of
one county and a part of another county?
DELEGATE MOSER: It could, Mr.
Chairman. For instance, the Mass Transit
Authority, of Baltimore City is a multi-
county unit of government, but it does en-
compass, or at least it did in the beginning,
all of certain counties.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Raley, you
rose for what purpose?
(There was no response.)
Delegate Clagett, do you desire to debate
or ask a question?
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DELEGATE CLAGETT: Ask a question
of the Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Moser, do
you yield for a question?
DELEGATE MOSER: I yield, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Clagett.
DELEGATE CLAGETT: Referring back
to the question of Delegate Hardwicke a
moment ago, Delegate Moser, is it not con-
templated under intergovernmental coopera-
tion, section 8.06, that counties, by compact
or agreement among themselves, may be
able to establish multi-county governmental
units?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Moser.
DELEGATE MOSER: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Clagett.
DELEGATE CLAGETT: And, there-
fore, when Delegate Hardwicke made the
statement for the record and for clarifica-
tion of the record, that all multi-county
governmental units were to be established
by the General Assembly, would that not
be entirely correct?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Moser.
DELEGATE MOSER: I did not .under-
stand his question to indicate that the Gen-
eral Assembly would have exclusive power
over them, and in answering it, I did not
make that assumption. It could be done un-
der 8.06 also, Delegate Hardwicke.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any further
discussion? Are you ready for the question?
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 3 to Committee Recommen-
dation LG-1. A vote Aye is a vote in favor
of the adoption of the amendment; a vote
No is a vote against. Cast your vote.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote? The Clerk
will record the vote.
There being 116 votes in the affirmative
and none in the negative, the motion is
carried. The amendment is adopted.
Delegate Sybert, the Chair has a parlia-
mentary problem. I have now seen the
amendment that you have caused to be pre-
pared. It would be out of order because of
the adoption of the Amendment No. 2 by
Delegate Case. Had I known the amend-
ment was in these terms, I would have sug-
gested to you at that time that you offer
your amendment as a substitute for Dele-
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