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permitted. It could do it either way.
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THE CHAIRMAN: One of the grave concerns of
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Baltimore City is , having fought all these years for cer-
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tain powers , they don't want to lose any, of those powers
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in any way. They don't want to lose them, and they fear
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they might lose them if there is a broad 'grant and then
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unrestricted power on the part of the Legislature to with-
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draw.
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DEAN FORDHAM: This two-county idea is a safe-
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guard as to that.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Would it be an adequate safe-
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guard?
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DEAN FORDHAM: I defer to you on that.
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DR. LOEVY: They could withdraw from Baltimore
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City and Garrett County. Garrett County is a small deprivei
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piece of Appalachia.
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THE CHAIRMAN. In the northwestern section of
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the State.
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DR. LOEVY: Let me state the Maryland problem
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to you in a different fashion. We have a form of classifi-
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cation in Maryland at the present time, if you think of it,
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