Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                 1645

and supervising an overall State-wide training program in all
employing units.

Approved April 15, 1957.

No. 35
(Senate Joint Resolution 33)

Senate Joint Resolution strenuously opposing any move to destroy the
present Armory Building in Annapolis.

Whereas, The members of the General Assembly have been amazed
and astounded to hear within the past few days of a decision to tear
down the Armory Building on Bladen Street in the City of Annapolis,
and

Whereas, This building is less than 20 years old, haying been
erected with funds provided by the State at the 1939 session of the
Legislature in conjunction with the funds provided by the Federal
Government, and

Whereas, It is a large and commodious building, having been
erected at a cost of approximately $200,000 and certainly requiring
an expenditure of one-half million dollars or more to replace, and

Whereas, The information that has come to the General Assembly
is that the building is to be destroyed because it does not conform to
the architectural beauty of the surrounding portions of Annapolis,
and

Whereas, Whatever may be the defects and deficiencies from an
architectural point of view—and we confess that we had not noticed
such obvious defects and deficiencies—it is an utter waste of the tax-
payers money to destroy such a large and well-preserved building, and

Whereas, There is already an acute need for additional office and
storage space in this area by the General Assembly, the Hall of
Records, and perhaps also the Comptroller's Office and other State
Departments and agencies, and

Whereas, The General Assembly is unalterably opposed to any
such wasteful and spendthrift policy as would sanction the destruc-
tion of the fine Armory Building in Annapolis, now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly, That the most strenuous op-
position be expressed over any move to destroy the Armory Building
on Bladen Street in the City of Annapolis without the most con-
vincing reasons for such action, and be it further

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.