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and Comptroller he filled by appointment of the governor
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instead of by popular vote.
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2. Professor Garrett Power also suggested
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that the Superintendent of Schools should be appointed by
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the governor, as near as 1 con quote him, "to carry out
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his program for education and to serve at his pleasure."
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3. Professor Power also suggested that three
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readings of bills under consideration in each House of
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the General Assembly was an archaic provision. I believe tl
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he was implying that this procedure is a useless waste of
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time instead of representing the chief protection for the
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citizens of Maryland against the hurried passage of unwantec
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legislation.
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4. It is also rumored that this Committee on
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Finance is considering the removal of the guarantee of
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funds for public education from Article HI -- Section
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52 (11).
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I am deeply concerned -- in fact, I think horri-
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fied would be a better word for it -- with this apparent
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trend in thought within the Constitutional Convention
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Commission and its various committees . Apparently, the
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