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powers in no way limit the broad grant of power. That's
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another way to do it.
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I also would recommend against that. My feel-
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ing is the purpose of a constitutional convention is
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to strengthen the Legislature, get as much language out of
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the constitution as possible, and have as many of these
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decisions made by the Legislature as possible. We are
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in the fortunate situation in Maryland of having that
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situation be the status quo. This is why I rqise the
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question of whether we v?ish to fool with this at all.
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Another way to adjust for the broad grant of
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power is to take the status quo and just change this
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present language and say that the charter counties can
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exercise any functions except those withdrawn and let it
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go at that.
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THE CHAIRMAN: I think that fairly moves us
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into Dean Fordham's sphere because Dean Fordham was the
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drafter of the new so-called A.M.A. approach which was
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eventually adopted by the National Municipal League and
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incorporated into the model State constitution, which we
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have been more or less reviewing and studying.
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