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the view that the City would be agreeable to relinquishing
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the equivalent amounts of State grants, if necessary, to
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effect the type of adjustment recommended.
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"Anyone who has studied the method of financing ou
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court systems would reach the inescapable conclusion that
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we have a "hodge-podge" inefficient, antiquated, expensive
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and illogical arrangement. May I cite just a few of the
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many examples to prove my point.
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"Associated Judges of the Supreme Bench of
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Baltimore City are currently paid a salary of $25,000;
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$14,000 coming directly from the City and $11,000 coming
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directly from the State. However, in reference to the
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$14,000 paid by the City, the State currently reimburses
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the City to the extent of $8,500, resulting in a net
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cost to the City of only $5,500, plus pensions.
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"In the area of Probation, the City of Baltimore
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was a pioneer in establishing, pursuant to an act passed
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by the General Assembly in 1933, its own Probation Depart-
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ment. The City pays the full cost of operating this
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department. The majority of counties, however, have not
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established separate Probation Departments in the State,
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