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legislation which provided for annexation has not indeed

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been responsible in large measure for the form which local

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government has taken in the direction in which it has gone

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THE CHAIRMAN: A great deal has been going on

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in Virginia, right across the Potomac River, by way of

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annexation, Arlington, Falls Church, and so forth, and it

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has not been without protest and difficulty; but it would

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be right interesting to really see how they have accom-

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plished the annexation and extension that they have

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managed to do. It has actually come from, I believe, the

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state level rather than interagreement, indicating that

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you've got to knock heads together in order to accomplish

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anything and the way in which it has been successful cer-

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tainly would be pertinent for our inquiry.

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The third subject or question for study, as I

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indicated a moment ago, ties in with No. 2 and that is

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after you have gotten all the information contained in

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the fifty constitutions, that a study of the question of

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compulsory home rule in terms of the legal status of

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home rule, what powers does it specifically deny to

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legislatures, and whether or not home rule powers should