6 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Nov. 10

Mr. Ramsburg made a motion, duly seconded, that nominations
be closed.

There being no further nominations for Speaker for the Special
Session of 1950, the Hon. C. Ferdinand Sybert, of Howard County,
was elected Speaker for the Special Session of 1950 by yeas and
nays, as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE
Messrs.—

Guyther, Mattingly, Harris, Jester, Lankford, Lowman, McNulty, Moss,
Wigley, Tyler, Hall, Hance, Cooksey, Winkler, Beckwith, Boone, Ensor,
Rockenbaugh, Warren, Wenig, Chaires, Lowe, Nelson, Hoffman, Todd, Ward,
Brinsfield, Horner, Malkus, Webb, Benson, Jackson, Burch, McLeish,
Pumphrey, Steward, Wilkinson, Baker, Walls, Dennis, Richardson, Shockley,
Alexander, Derr, Hauver, Payne, Ramsburg, Virts, Baldwin, De Ran, James,
McLean, Banning, McDaniel, Bertorelli, Duffy, Kosakowski, Milanicz, Mro-
zinski, Silk, Behounek, McKewen, Murphy, Schueler, Valis, "Weintraub,
Albers, Buffington, Dempsey, Dippel, O'Malley, Tawney, Melnicove, Pollack,
Robinson, Shapiro, Siegel, Sklar, Argabright, Bandiere, Geraghty, Kennedy,
Luber, Preston, Baynes, Curry, Davis, Meyer, W. W., Thommen, Ankeney,
Bloom, Berkson, Hicks, Huyett, Newcomer, Clark, Hyde, King, Lofstrand,
Reeves, Rush, Cook, Fey, Geppert, Reed, See, Whitworth, Barnes, Hahn,
Six, Smith, Carr, Messick, Nock, Potts, White, Coddington, Mclntire,
Myers, J. C. Total—119

NEGATIVE—NONE.
Excused—Mr. Sybert.

Whereupon, the Speaker pro-tem declared the Hon. C. Ferdinand
Sybert elected as Speaker of the House of Delegates for the Special
Session of 1950.

The Speaker pro-tem appointed Messrs. Pumphrey and Rams-
burg to escort the newly elected Speaker to the rostrum.

The Speaker pro-tem then administered the oath of office to the
Hon. C. Ferdinand Sybert as Speaker of the House of Delegates for
the Special Session of 1950.

The newly elected Speaker then addressed the House, requesting
speedy adoption of the emergency measures to be introduced.

ORDERS
By Mr. Pumphrey:

Resolved, that the following named persons be elected officers of
the House of Delegates of Maryland to serve during the Special
Session of November 10, 1950.

Chief Clerk—Raymond H. Miller.
Assistant Chief Clerk—Elizabeth M. Reese.
Journal Clerk—George W. Owings, Jr.
Assistant Journal Clerk—Leo Washenfeldt.