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Actually, in Pennsylvania, which doesn't" have
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constitutional home rule in the direct sense, it has a
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provision adopted in 1922 which enables the Legislature
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to extend home rule powers to cities; under that scheme
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the Legislature did adopt an- act extending this power
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only to first class cities which means Philadelphia.
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The enabling act embraced as a matter of
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statute my theory. It embraced this broad concept. It
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says the City of Philadelphia shall have all powers we can
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give it except these and they exclude them. It has been
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working pretty well.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Has there been much withdrawal
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of power by the Legislature?
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DEAN FORDHAM: Very little. There is some
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question whether under the Pennsylvania constitution, they
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have the power to withdraw. Some people argue it is a
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one-way conduit. I don't believe it.
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THE CHAIRMAN: That raised the question that
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came up before us earlier. If you have granted the power,
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how can you take it away?
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DEAN FORDHAM: If you granted it, the constitu-
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tom epressively says yuour if away
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