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1	I would think by the time you got through here that you
2	would bo very hopeful your Legislature would be responsive
3	to a problem like that and would not just let the public
4	interest languish in the situation but would do something.
5	THE CHAIRMAN: If you could do something by way
6	of a law that affected two counties and that was your
7	general definition of general purpose, you would be able
8	to act quickly enough certainly. I don't know if it would
9	take care of the situation of the town of Crisfield and
10	the County of Somerset because that wouldn't fall within
11	the definition of general purpose that would permit the
12	Legislature to act, because there it is a municipality and
13	a county.
14	DEAN FORDHAM: The point is it wouldn't have
15	to be confined to two counties. The legislation could be
16	applicable to all counties for that particular problem.
17	THE CHAIRMAN: If they had oysters up in Allegany
18	DEAN FORDHAM: It wouldn't make any difference.
19	It would apply to all counties.
20	MR. KELVIN: That is a favorite trick to take
21	care of local matters, by passing a general Statewide law,