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DEAN FORDHAM: Surely.
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DR. LOEVY: The way we fell into this current
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problem we are in is the model State constitution which,
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I even drew up, our original suggested language contained
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most of that, but the problem we ran into is that that
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calls for classification, you see. We never have had
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classification in Maryland.
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So if we adopted the model State constitution
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here, what we would be doing is, we would be giving the
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broad grant of power to the subdivisions, we would be giv-
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ing the State Legislature to withdraw power to general
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laws applicable to only just one classification.
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DEAN FORDHAM: That is correct.
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DR. LOEVY: In Maryland we have never classified
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There is a form of classification because the last para-
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graph of this suggested grant of powers is right out of
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our constitution. Our present constitution defines specifi
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ally general laws as any one that applies to two or more
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subdivisions.
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What would be your recommendation in this situa-
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tion? This is the core of our problem. Do we give a broad
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