1256                             JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Governor
appoint a commission to study the ways and means for the financing
of a convention hall in Ocean City; that the commission utilize the
services of existing local, quasi-public, and State agencies and lay
and public officials in conducting its study; and that the commission
report the results of its study and its recommendations for financing
the project, by public resources, public authority, private resources,
or a combination of these possibilities, to the Governor, the Legis-
lative Council, and the members of the General Assembly not later
than October 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

No. 18
(House Joint Resolution 15)

House Joint Resolution expressing the appreciation of the General
Assembly to the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania for their
cooperation with the Joint Committee on Toll Roads.

WHEREAS, on February 3rd and 4th, the Joint Committee on Toll
Roads of the Senate and House of Delegates of Maryland, through
the gracious cooperation of the States of New Jersey and Penn-
sylvania, visited those States for a discussion of toll road problems
with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the Pennsylvania Turn-
pike Commission; and

WHEREAS, M's Lillian M. Schwartz, Secretary, Messrs. Henry E.
Rose, Director of Public Information, Ward Herbert, General Coun-
sel, and Neville R. Ashcroft, Comptroller of the New Jersey Turn-
pike Authority, and Messrs. Gerard B. Gilbert and Henry D. Shenk,
Assistants to the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commis-
sion, were most helpful and extremely courteous to the members of
the Joint Committee in lending their time for discussion, as well as
making available to the Committee the facilities of their organiza-
tions; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey State Police unit on turnpike duty, con-
sisting of Captain George Probert, Lieutenant Joseph Mack, First
Sergeant James Roseberry, and Troopers Joseph Trainor, Frank
Trpisoysky and Glenn Sowash, and the staff of the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission, consisting of Messrs. William H. Cooper, Jack
Todd, and Charles Sharp, provided transportation for the members
of the Joint Committee over the toll roads of their states and to the
officers of their respective turnpike authorities; now therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That as a small
token of their appreciation the members of the General Assembly

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.