164 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [March 9

Senate Bill No. 12—By Senator See:

Subject: AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
ALLEGANY COUNTY TO CONVEY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCA-
TION REAL PROPERTY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL.

Endorsed, read the third time and passed by yeas and nays.

Senate Bill No. 13—By Senator Sanford:

Subject: MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF ONE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR RELIEF FOR THE REPAIR OF DAMAGE
RESULTING FROM NATURAL DISASTER.

Endorsed, read the third time and passed by yeas and nays.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
House Bill No. 17—By Talbot, Kent and Dorchester County Delegations:

A Bill entitled "An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,
Section 577 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1961
Supplement), title 'Crimes and Punishments', sub-title 'Trespass', to
change the penalty for the offense of wanton trespass on the private
property of another person in certain counties. "

Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.

House Bill No. 33—By Messrs. Caldwell, Cannon, Hanna, White, E. H.,
Acker, Barbee, Bennett, Bittner, Blades, Boyer, Brooks, Burkley,
Butler, Cohill, Combs, Corkran, Dowell, Eaton, Fowler, Geiger,
Hance, Harris, Harrison, Hickman, Joiner, Latham, Long, Lowe,
Mackie, Mason, Matthews, Merryweather, Mitchell, Moore, Pilchard,
Polk, Quinn, Risley, Savage and Wise:

A Bill entitled "An Act to add new Article 78C to the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), to follow immediately after Article
78B thereof and to be entitled 'Maryland Harness Racing Commission',
to establish a Maryland Harness Racing Commission to have jurisdic-
tion over trotting and pacing racing in the State, to authorize licensing
of harness racing tracks, and to provide for the regulation of harness
racing in this State. "

Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.

RECESS

At 5: 09 o'clock P. M., on motion of Senator Pine, the Senate took a
recess until 7: 00 o'clock P. M.

AFTER RECESS

At 7: 00 o'clock P. M., the Senate resumed its session.
Present at roll call were the following Senators:

Senators—

President, Barrick, Bertorelli, Buffing-ton, Dean, Dorf, Dorsey, Gonder, Hall,
Hepbron, Hughes, James, Johnson, Jones, Mach, Malkus, Nock, North, Parran, Phipps,
Phoebus, Pine, Sanford, Schweinhaut, See, Shipley, Snyder, Weant, Wheatley—Total 29.