C. Dowell, Edward T. Hall, J. Wilmer Johnson, Adam Noll,
Gordon Truman.

Mechanicsville (St. Mary's County)

At the request of the House of Delegates, the Governor appointed
this Commission in 1959 to study the feasibility of a bridge across the
Patuxent River between the Patuxent Naval Air Station and Solomons
(Acts 1959, H. R. 3).

COMMISSION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY AND WAYS AND
MEANS OF ERECTING A BRIDGE BETWEEN ASSATEAGUE
- ISLAND AND THE MAINLAND OF WORCESTER COUNTY

Chairman: John L. Sanford, Jr.

G. Meredith Boyce, James Carey, III, Reese F. Cropper, Joseph
G. Harrison, William F. Hilgenberg, Joseph F. Kaylor, Arthur
Klinefelter, Russell H. McCain, Mark 0. Pilchard, Norman M.
Pritchett.

Berlin (Worcester County)

At the request of the General Assembly, the Governor appointed
this Commission in 1969 to study the feasibility and ways and means of
erecting a bridge from the mainland of Worcester County to Assateague
Island. The Commission must consider possible financing of
such a bridge by public resources, private funds, public authority, or
a combination of these methods and report to the Governor, the Legis-
lative Council and the members of the General Assembly not later than
October 1, 1959 (Acts 1959, J. R. 12).

COMMISSION TO STUDY WAYS AND MEANS OF FINANCING
A CONVENTION HALL AT OCEAN CITY

Chairman: Hugh Cropper, Jr.

Edwin Wilson Booth, Mrs. Mayne A. Collins, G. Hale Harri-
son, Howard Harrison, Russell Hickman, Cullen S. Jenkins,
W. Preston Laws, John A. Luetkemeyer, James J. O'Donnell,
Norman E. Polk, Earle R. Poorbaugh, Edward L. Thomas,
Daniel Trimper, Jr.

Ocean City (Worcester County)

At the request of the General Assembly, the Governor appointed
this Commission in 1969 to study ways and means of financing a con-
vention hall at Ocean City which might house business and profes-
sional conventions, cultural conferences, industrial exhibits, trade
shows, and sports events and thus stimulate further tourist trade in
Maryland. The Commission is to consider financing by public resources,
public authority, private resources, or a combination of these methods
and report to the Governor, the Legislative Council, and the members
of the General Assembly by October 1, 1959 (Acts 1969, J. R. 13).

COMMISSION TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITIES FOR A
GOVERNMENTAL CORPORATION FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES

Chairman: Mrs. Charles W. Williams

John E. Clark, Lillian C. Compton, Harry C. Dashiell, Henry
Chandlee Forman, Brydon B. Hyde, Charles W. Kellogg, Mrs.