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1	and they may meet until 1:00 or 2 o'clock in the morning.
2	DELEGATE MOORE: I can bear this out for
3	Montgomery County. The speaker is entirely correct.
4	It's a plus factor. You put a certain amount of hours
5	into the legislature and X-plus for delegation. We did
6	have meetings with the Montgomery County delegation that
7	lasted from 10 o'clock in the evening to 2 o'clock in
8	the morning.
9	THE CHAIRMAN: That is because you have some
10	home rule, to some degree.
11	SENATOR JAMES: They are taken up with this
12	bi-county stuff. They have even a less number of bills
13	investigating the bi-county, so maybe home rule is --
14	THE CHAIRMAN: That is an answer to Mr. Eney's
15	question. Here is a fascinating question. How should
16	vacancies in the legislature be filled? That's a good
17	one, and if you were writing the Constitution, would you
18	disqualify the clergy from membership in the legislature?
19	Let's comment on those two, because they have taken a
20	good deal of time. You can comment on them together.
21	Remember, gentlemen, we said we would call a halt to this