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Committee should recommend and the Maryland Constitutional

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Convention Commission should ultimately recommend to the

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Convention a document which would not contain the

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prohibition against a state lottery.

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We have requested a number of intrested

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persons to appear here today for the purpose of giving

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us their views. I would think that the orderly way of

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proceeding would be to have those who favor the exclu-

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sion of the provision to speak first and then those who

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favor the retention of the provision to speak next with

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rebuttal periods if anybody cares to have any of that

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type thing at the end.

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So I should ask now for a show of hands of

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those people who favor the exclusion or the repeal, if

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you will, of Section 36 of Article 3. I know Mr. Pressman

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is hero to speak against the provision. Are there any

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other people here who care to speak in this area?

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(There was no response.)

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Mr. Pressman, I am delighted to have you

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here. It is always a pleasure to see you. Mr. Hoff and

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I are the members of the Committee present, but as you