1768                            JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Whereas, it has been proven that the canvasback is one of our
most manageable waterfowl and there is no reason why the canvas-
back should not regain and hold its position as one of North
America's major game birds; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Mary-
land General Assembly recommend the closure of hunting seasons on
canvasback and redhead ducks within the Atlantic Flyway, and that
this closure be continued for such time as may be necessary for these
particular waterfowl populations to recover, and that it be further
recommended that the United States and Canada fully cooperate in
the restoration of these species; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the President of
the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the Sec-
retary of the Interior, the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service,
members of the National Waterfowl Council, and the appropriate
Canadian wildlife agencies.

Approved May 2, 1969.

No. 42
(Senate Joint Resolution 26)

Senate Joint Resolution requesting the Board of Public Works to
provide compensation to Alan Johnson of the 1000 Block, Pennsyl-
vania Avenue.

The members of the General Assembly of Maryland have con-
sidered the unfortunate imprisonment of Alan Johnson and believe
that some compensation should be made to him for the time he was
imprisoned in excess of his sentence.

Alan Johnson was arrested on April 8, 1968, for curfew violation
and was tried and sentenced in Baltimore City Municipal Court to
sixty days and fined fifty ($50.00) dollars. He was unable to pay
the fine which meant another thirty days to serve, and when the
City Jail received him on April 9, 1968, his release date was set for
July 7, 1968, ninety days away, but he was not released until De-
cember 24, 1968, or one hundred seventy days after his sentence was
to expire.

Jail officials apparently confused him with two other men with
the same surname who were in jail at one time or another while he
was an inmate. Consequently, traffic charges, a larceny charge and
a violation of probation involving the other men were held against
him instead.

Alan Johnson's circumstances which caused him to spend six
months longer in jail than his original sentence required, were due
to a maze of errors by the jail, embellished by confusion in the
Municipal Traffic Court. The jail records, despite a searching exami-
nation, failed to disclose precisely why he was being detained past his
release date, and jail officials are unable to explain how it happened.
However, the deficiencies revealed in this case included: