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1	Maryland government.
2	THE CHAIRMAN: I think that really is quite
3	true and I think a part of our study should certainly go
4	in that direction. We are really seeking a degree of
5	uniformity here and it really has been another one of
6	these paradoxes that were referred to in Maryland, that
7	Baltimore City has always been unto itself and I think
8	we have made great strides in the direction of eliminating
9	that in the thinking of the counties in relation to the
10	city and the city in relation to the counties, and cer-
11	tainly something as fundamental as the governmental setup
12	would be a tremendous stride in that very direction and
13	really should be accomplished.
14	There is no reason why it has any different
15	problems now than what we are dealing with in other areas
16	and, actually, they have dealt with a lot of these prob-
17	lems in ways which would be helpful to other areas. Dr.
10	Loevy?
19	DR. LOEVY: Well, I was going to say the
20	Constitution is very vague on this. There is this special
21	charter for the City of Baltimore in the Constitution, but