1958] OF THE SENATE 5

WHEREAS, the Attorney General of Maryland has advised that exist-
ing statutory authority is not sufficiently broad to permit the Department
of Employment Security to enter into an agreement with the United States
Secretary of Labor to secure such benefits for Maryland workers, unless
authority is provided by an act of the General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, there are now approximately 18,000 Maryland citizens who
have exhausted the maximum benefits available under Maryland law, and
the extension of the period of unemployment compensation benefits to
them pursuant to the aforesaid Federal act, is necessary and desirable
under an enlightened public policy. I have decided to convene a Special
Session of the General Assembly, to consider this matter, and to consider
also enabling legislation for increased loan funds for the proposed Bal-
timore Civic Center, for increased urban renewal loan funds for the
project known as Charles Center, and any other legislation of an acute
emergency nature.

Now, therefore, I, Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor of the State of
Maryland, by virtue of the authority conferred and duly vested in me
by the Constitution of Maryland, do hereby call a Special or Extra-
ordinary Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, to begin at 10:00
A. M. on June 13, 1958, at the State Capitol, in the City of Annapolis,
State of Maryland.

Given under My Hand and the Great Seal of the State of Maryland,
at the City of Annapolis, this 9th day of June in the Year of Our Lord,
One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Eight.

By the Governor

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,
CLAUDE B. HELLMANN,

Secretary of State.
Which was read.

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

ANNAPOLIS, MD., June 11, 1958.
The Honorable President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland
Dear Mr. President:

I have today appointed J. Raymond Buffington, Jr., as a member of
the State Senate from the Third Legislative District of Baltimore City, to
fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the Honorable Thomas F.
Dempsey.