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law.
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MR. HOFF: I don't know 'that I disagree with the
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theory that the counties should be given the right to issue
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bonds on their own, at least to have home rule to that
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extent.
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THE CHAIRMAN: 1 take it, that is what Charlie
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is saying.
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MR. BENTON: Well, my recommendation includes
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that they be submitted to referendum.
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MR. HOFF: Yes, but without legislative action?
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MR. BENTON: Yes.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Yes. I wanted to clarify that
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point.
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MR. BENTON: So much for the first recommendation
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"The second recommendation that I submit for
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consideration is that the subdivisions should not be
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required to pay the salaries of any State employees, nor
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the expenses of operating State offices, over which they
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have no direct control. In the case of the City of
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Baltimore, this would include the Supervisors of Elections,
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the Board of Liquor License Commissioners, and the various
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