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can show a clear and good need for any expense to them,

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I think that the decision and the presumption should be

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against its adoption.

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Furthermore, and this is with particular

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emphasis upon Senator Curran's remarks, I hope that you

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will not be a status quo body. I would like to see the

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Constitution of Maryland be for generations and for ages

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and status quos we've had with us for a long time and I

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think we would do the best job for the people of this

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State if we operate in the abstract in terms of what is

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true of the best and most inexpensive form of effective

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government, and I believe that a unicameral legislature

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would be such a legislature.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Handel, would you care to

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comment on this particular subject?

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DELEGATE HANDEL: The comment on the expense

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kind of makes me wonder, because we could have a totali-

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tarian form of government that would be less expensive,

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too, but I don't think that is what you are looking for.

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I think, as an ancillary to this question, I think what

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you ought to think about is the size of the legislature,