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either elected or appointed.
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You have to recognize also that in Maryland,
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the situation is rather unique in that in no other State,
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except Texas, is the Comptroller the revenue collector.
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In these other States, he is the person who maintains
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the accounts of the State and has other functions. In
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some cases he hos purchasing and budgeting, et cetera,
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under him but in no case, with the exception of Texas
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and Maryland, do you have the Comptroller as the revenue
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collector. In most States, you have a Department of
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Revenue or Department of Taxation, which performs that
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function, which is separated from the other fiscal func-
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tions ,
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MR. NOSSEL: It is difficult to answer the
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question when posed in the office as a title.
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MR. ENEY: This leads to what you asked earlier
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Dick, and I think we had some comment on. Most of the
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Lax collecting functions presently invested in the
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Department of Comptroller are vested by statute, not by
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the Constitution.
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: That is right.
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