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Maryland Manual, 1971-72
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MARYLAND MANUAL 313
Appropriations 1971 1972
General Funds . $1,311,260 $1,433,399
Staff: 87.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
CHAIRMAN: William S. James, President of the Senate.
VICE CHAIRMAN: Thomas Hunter Lowe, Speaker of the
House of Delegates.
MEMBERS FROM THE SENATE:
Ex officio members: George E. Snyder, Chairman, Finance
Committee; J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Chairman, Committee on
Judicial Proceedings; James A. Pine, Chairman, Committee
on Economic Affairs; Edward T. Hall, Minority Floor Leader.
Appointed members: Joseph Bertorelli, James dark, Jr„
Edward T. Conroy, Jervis S. Finney, Julian L. Lapides, Fred-
erick C. Malkus, Jr., Mary L. Nock, Margaret C. Schweinhaut,
Roy N. Staten, Verda Welcome.
MEMBERS FROM THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES:
Ex officio members: John Hanson Briscoe, Chairman, Ways
and Means Committee; Martin A. Kircher, Chairman, Judi-
ciary Committee; C. A. Porter Hopkins, Minority Floor Leader.
Appointed members: John S. Arnick, Martin S. Becker,
Arthur Dorman, John R. Hargreaves, William J. Helms, Jr.,
Lester V. Jones, John J. Kent, Jr., Arthur A. King, Charles
J. Krysiak, C. Clifton Virts.
Carl N. Everstine, Secretary and Research Director
16 Francis Street, P. 0. Box 348, Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 267-5561
The Legislative Council, established by the General Assembly in
1939, consists of thirty members, fifteen from the Senate and fifteen
from the House of Delegates. The President of the Senate, the Chair-
man of the Committee on Judicial Proceedings, the Chairman of the
Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Committee on Economic
Affairs and the Minority Floor Leader are ex ofiicio members from
the Senate. The President of the Senate appoints the remaining ten
members, and the appointments are subject to approval by majority
vote of the Senate. The Speaker of the House of Delegates, the
Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, the Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio
members from the House. The Speaker appoints the remaining eleven
members, and the appointments are subject to approval by majority
vote of the House. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House serve as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Council
respectively (Code 1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art. 40, sec. 27).
The Council meets in the interim between the regular sessions of
the General Assembly to study previously enacted laws and suggest
any necessary amendments thereto; to recommend a program of
legislation in the form of proposed bills; and to study the rules of
both Houses of the General Assembly and suggest revisions for
expediting the business of the Legislature. The Council receives
recommendations from the various State agencies, bar associations,
labor unions, and other organized groups and private individuals. It
holds hearings on legislative proposals and may subpoena witnesses
and records.

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