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to allow the provision or, in fact, even to suggest pro-
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vision for the type of government for cities which are
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going to be created all over, not only in Maryland, but
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in other parts of the United States, such as Resta, in
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nearby Virginia, and since Maryland undoubtedly would be
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a part of this megatropolis and there will ultimately, I
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suppose, be a single urban area between Baltimore and
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Washington, D. C.; this question of new unit legislation
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or new town legislation, or whatever, should be provided
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for in the Constitution.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Yes.
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DR. BURDETT: We have the question, and where
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we are going to have to face it, whether or not a creation
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of a new municipal corporation such as Columbia must
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require the consent of the County Commissioners of the
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county, as under the present law.
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MR. RATCHFORD: Or require 300 people be there,
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which is the other stumbling block. The general State law
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requires you cannot incorporate a place without 300
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people. Obviously, Columbia hasn't anyone living there.
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THE CHAIRMAN: They haven't finished building
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