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matter, it has become evident that we can tap a lucrative

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source in our own Committee member, Dr. Burdett, and,

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Doctor, I would like to have your comment insofar as the

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scope of this analysis and the necessity of it.

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DR. BURDETT: I am inclined to agree with Mr.

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Melvin, that we probably do not need to go into the

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structure of every municipality and of every county, if

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we can go into an analysis of the types of forms and

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identify the various units of government under typed

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categories. So that wo might not have to, if Harford

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is one type, go into detail.

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Let us say in Frederick County, which would ho

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highly comparable, there is talk of a study in Frederick,

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but none has been undertaken. However, I would not think

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the structure is fundamentally different than Harford.

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You would know more about that than I, Mr. Ratchford.

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MR. RATCHFORD: Not fundamentally.

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DR. BURDETT: The system, I gather, is very

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comparable. The Harford study was made after visits by

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the study committee to Wicomico and Prince Georges,

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Frederick, and perhaps -- did you go to Allegheny? I have