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DELEGATE MANDEL: I would hope that each count)

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would have a representative in the House. 1 think that

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under our present setup, I think that this serves a

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valuable purpose, but the more that the court makes

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decisions, I think we're getting more and more away from

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even county form of government, and I'm just wondering

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how long in the future it's going to be before this may

be outmoded. I don't know.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Hughes, you have been rather

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quiet. Would you care to get into this?

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SENATOR HUGHES: I've always been a believer

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in the two-house system, when you have the obvious reasons

for it, checks and balances, but now under the one man-

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one vote, I must admit I have difficulty in finding the

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justification for it. There may be. I don't think just

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simply that because you have two houses, that that's

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justification for it, in itself, and with the one man-one

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vote principle, the checks and balances to me seem to be

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gone .

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I think you have to consider also that under

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our system in Maryland, both houses are really identical