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up to the present time no privately owned organization satisfactory
to the public authorities has been found to continue the service; and

Whereas, Whatever may be the development in this highly im-
portant matter, the State of Maryland should be prepared without
delay, to give consideration to it and to be able to submit to the
General Assembly any legislation which may be necessary; and

Whereas, If the Joint Commission is continued the studies which
are being made by it in conjunction with the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Commission and the National Capital
Regional Planning Council can be carried to a conclusion; now,
therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Mary-
land representatives on the Joint Commission to study passenger
carrier facilities in the Washington Metropolitan Area be and they
are hereby continued in their membership; and be it further

Resolved, That the Commonwealth of Virginia and the governing
body of the District of Columbia be requested also to continue the
existence and work of the Committees which have been appointed
from those jurisdictions; and be it further

Resolved, That the Joint Commission, herein continued, be re-
quested to continue its studies of the adequacy of present passenger
facilities and services in the Washington Metropolitan Area and to
report to the several legislative bodies concerned from time to time
as to the progress of their work and as to the necessity or desirability
of further legislation.

Approved March 26, 1956.

No. 8
(Senate Joint Resolution 21)

Senate Joint Resolution directing the State Roads Commission to
issue a supplement to the document entitled "Road Construction
and Reconstruction in the Proposed Twelve-Year Program," dated
October 27, 1952, in order that the Legislature may be brought
up to date on what has been done in the matter of highway con-
struction and reconstruction under said program, and of current
costs thereof.

Whereas, By virtue of Chapter 37 of the Acts of 1954, the State
Roads Commission was authorized to issue State Highway Construc-
tion Bonds in an amount not to exceed Seven Million ($7,000,000)
Dollars, during the first four-year period of the twelve-year Road
Construction and Reconstruction Program; and

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