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a number of counties, and I wonder if you have any com-

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ment on whether there should be any provision in the

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Constitution?

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MR. SARTORIUS; Well, you know there was a

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bill passed in Baltimore County and it went to referendum

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and the people spoke. They did not want their money to

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go for non-public transportation. They have already

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spoken on that. So, it is the will of the people in our

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county. At least, that was true two years ago when the

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referendum went for a vote by the people. So, the people

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in Baltimore County at the polls registered their pro-

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tests.

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THE CHAIRLADY: Do you feel there ought to

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be an constitutional comment, one way or the other, on

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the subject?

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MR. SARTORIUS: I haven't thought that through

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and I haven't talked to other superintendents about that

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particular item. It seems to me that money appropriated

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for public schools, if it is to be kept inviolate, would

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mean -- and I think the local funds should be kept in-

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violate too - but you probably don't want that in the