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quite clear, but the intent there was to see that every

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child in Maryland had a decent education. So, I think

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from that standpoint it is highly important.

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I would like to comment on Article 3, in which

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it says the Constitution — I can't quote it — that

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should be kept inviolate for the purposes of education.

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Some people think that applies only to religion; that is

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Article 8, Section 3. Now, that was put in there for

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a specific purpose.

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In 1867, along in that time, the recpnstructio

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legislatures were appropriating vast sums of money os-

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tensibly for the purposes of education and then turning

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around and diverting it to other purposes. They did it

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to the University of Maryland, they did. it to every

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university. They did it to every school system in the

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south, and if you think that is a danger long past, you

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are sadly mistaken. The State of Alabama less than ten

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years ago, I think it was ten years ago, diverted

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$1,000,000 from the school fund to build a hospital.

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That is not an unusual danger, and I think that one

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purpose, I think that one statement should stay in there.