MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       2985

profusely on this Pleasant Peninsula; and

WHEREAS, The County Commissioners of Calvert County
were satisfied with the work of the Committee and so
approved said design; and

WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners of Calvert
County, on August 1, 1954, designated such design as the
official emblem of Calvert County; and

WHEREAS, It is now desirable to establish this
emblem as the Official County Seal; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That
the General Assembly designate this county emblem as the
Official County Seal; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Governor of Maryland be requested
to issue a proclamation recognizing its adoption as the
Official Seal of Calvert County; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to
the Governor, the County Commissioners of Calvert County,
and the Calvert County Historical Society.

Approved March 12, 1974.

No. 4

(Senate Joint Resolution 15)
A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Ride a Bicycle Day in Maryland

FOR the purpose of requesting the Governor to declare the
first Saturday in April of each year as Ride a
Bicycle Day in Maryland.

WHEREAS, The use of bicycles for transportation and
recreation is becoming increasingly popular and;

WHEREAS, The impending energy shortage has
intensified the need to encourage self—powered forms of
transportation of which the bicycle is one; and

WHEREAS, It is in the public's best interest that
State and local governments encourage and promote bicycle
riding as a form of outdoor exercise, recreation, sport
and transportation that can be enjoyed by people of all
ages; now, therefore, be it