ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1431

the House of Representatives, and to each of the Representa-
tives from Maryland in the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States.

Approved April 17, 1931.

NO. 22.

A Joint Resolution requesting the State Roads Commission
and such other person or persons as the Governor may ap-
point to investigate the practicability of a bridge across the
Chesapeake Bay.

WHEREAS, A Joint Sub-Committee of the Senate Finance
Committee and House Ways and Means Committee was ap-
pointed to study the practicability of a bridge or tunnel across
the Chesapeake Bay; and

WHEREAS, The said Joint Sub-Committee has concluded its
investigation, which report has been adopted by the Finance
Committee of the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee
of the House, as follows:

Report of the Joint Sub-Committee of the Senate
Finance and House Ways and Means Committees on
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Commission Report.

To the Members of the Finance Committee of the Senate and
the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Delegates:.

Your Joint Sub-Committee appointed to study the report of
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Commission and to make recom-
mendations thereon, begs leave to report as follows:

At the outset we desire to assert our belief in the State-wide
desirability of connecting the Eastern and Western Shores of
of Maryland by a bridge or a tunnel. Such a structure as is
proposed would inevitably bring about a closer community of
interest between the people of the two shores.

In addition, we think there are sound State-wide business
reasons for such a structure. It is a mistake to assume that
it would be used only by those people living in relatively close
proximity to it. It is our opinion that traffic from all over