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There is, of course, information in Miss

2 Spencer's book which has already been referred to with

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respect to municipalities, as wall as with respect to

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counties. There are numerous studies of a variety of

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aspects on municipal governments, and there are a number

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of municipalities in the State of Maryland, which have

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been prepared in the past five or six years by the

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Municipal Technical Advisory Service of the Bureau of

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Governmental Research, of which Professor Burdett is the

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head. Therein, I think, would be found a number of

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valuable items, and I do really believe that a lot of

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this original work would be available for your analysis

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and study which would sufficiently provide you with a

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basis on which you can make thorough recommendations in

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reforming and advising changes on the present constitu-

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tional form.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Ridge, do you have

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any comment?

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MR. MELVIN: It would occur to me that it

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wouldn't be necessary to go into great detail, since we

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are talking about a constitution, and that the normal