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THE CHAIRMAN: What did they do?
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MR. RATCHFORD: They just revised their City
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Charter about two years ago pretty substantially.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Then what procedure did they go
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through by way of complying with the constitutional pro-
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vision, if any?
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MR. RATCHFORD: The Mayor created a charter
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commission and it v; as put to the City Council and the City
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Council adopted it and put it to the voters and the voters
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approved it.
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THE CHAIRMAN: So, they did follow the pro-
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cedures set up in Article 11A.
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MR. RATCHFORD: To some degree, but the legal
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relationship in Baltimore City is complex, to put it very
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mildly, because --
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MR. MELVIN: They adopted their charter original-
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ly pursuant to enactment of the Legislature, before 11A
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was out.
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DR. LOEVY: It is historical, that 11A different
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tiates between Baltimore City and the counties.
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MR. RATCHFORD: In the procedures, that you de
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