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such a thing as a school fund derived from special
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taxation or from endowments of various sorts, and our
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investigation indicates that Maryland has none of any
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consequence and that this Section 3 is referring to
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some anachronism.
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We recommended that it be eliminated for
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that reason and not because we wanted to see the
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appropriations for use of the schools violated and --
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MR. BROOKS: Mr. Chairman, I believe Mr.
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Perkins has said on prior occasions that under the
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Maryland system there are no funds, educational or
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otherwise, and this provision would not protect any
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funds because there is only a general fund and, even
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though amounts are appropriated to agencies, this act
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of the legislature creates no funds in the State but
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the current system and therefore --
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MR. CASE: It may not create any fund, as
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such, but I think you would have a pretty good shot
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at a test case in saying that the legislature could nc
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pass a lav; to switch reversions from school appropria-
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tions into other departments of State government, so
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