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law .
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MR. BENTON: Right.
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THE CHAIRMAN: And you have to have a law before
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you can have a bond issue, and if you are going to give
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that kind of liberty to Prince George's, even though it is
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very big and a sophisticated county, it seems to me you wil
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have to give it to Carroll County which is smaller and be-
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coming sophisticated and still have to go into Garrett
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County, where you've got perhaps more of a rural situation.
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MR. BENTON: By contrast, none of the municipali-
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ties except Baltimore City need to go to the legislature
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to create a debt, no matter how large or how small they
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may be.
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THE CHAIRMAN: That is because, of course, you
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have complete home rule for the municipalities, and it
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seems to me that where you have complete home rule, then
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your recommendation is consistent; but where you don't
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have complete home rule and where the legislature has not
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vested in the local elected officials the power to pass
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laws, then it seems to me that your recommendation ought
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perhaps be confined to the places where there has been
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