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staff man for that committee beginning the 7th of

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February.

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THE CHAIRMAN: I am thinking in terms of not

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only getting the material, but then compiling that material

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digesting that material and then coining up with an analysis

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of our own that actually does tell us what the existing

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types of governmental organization in the counties is,

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what the existing types of governmental administration we

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have in all of the various municipalities throughout the

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entire State and then a compilation of them, grouped to-

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gether so we see what we are dealing with.

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MR. RATCHFORD: There is one other factor,

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Mr. Clagett, that would be useful to you, I think, in this

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analysis. I would expect in this session of the Legis-

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lature, you are going to see legislation introduced in a

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number of counties to modify the authority which is pos-

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sessed by the County Board, basically to enlarge it, as

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wall as perhaps to make some modifications in the organi-

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zational structure of the county.

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The feeling among many of the rural counties

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is that this is their last chance before reapportionment