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It seems to me that the County Commissioners
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might bn given credit for proposing. They could get up
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some and propose this to the electorate, which the elec-
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torate could turn down, but there is no such constitutional
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provision in Maryland now, save we do have on referendum th
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fall what is called code home rule which might accomplish
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that. I don't myself know how it will work out.
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I am raising the question to you as to why it
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is necessary to get involved in the charter business at
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all. I certainly think we ought to be able to change the
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nature of it. This is what we did with municipalities.
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We said by 1954 amendment to the constitution of Maryland
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that municipalities have home rule. They can adopt any
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charter they please, but until they do something about it,
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they have the charter which the Legislature enacted which
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created them in the first place. Then the Legislature
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created a model charter which they may adopt if they want
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to.
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Many have, a number have done so. Nothing to
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require them to do so. A municipality by its own action
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could change the name of the mayor to consul if it wanted
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