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MRS. HOFFMAN: I think, as a matter of

constitutional provision, I would mandate church properties

used for church purposes, as opposed to being held for

income.

MR. BOND: Let's assume on the property -- and
then I'll be quiet -- let's assume you exempt church

property and make everybody come in for credit or abatement
Then you get back to the housing for the elderly and old

folks' homes. I don't know where you draw the line. If

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you go on the abatement or the credit procedure, you can

do it.

MRS. HOFFMAN: When the people of Baltimore City
think that they are giving tax exemption to people of
an average income, elderly people of an average income of
$3,000 per person and, in fact, the average income of
other elderly persons in Baltimore is $1800, I think then

the people of Baltimore City should be able to notice and-
to decide whether or not they are going to shift the

burden from the 3000 to the $1800 people and this is the
kind of judgment that they would be able to make.

MR. BROOKS: A good hard problem is a retirement