40 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [May 30

Amendment to Amendments to House Bill No. 1
By Senator Phipps, from the floor:

Amendment No. 14—At the end of the title of the third reading file
bill, add the following: "; and to add a new Section 220 to Article 25 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1961 Supplement),
to follow immediately after Section 219 thereof and to be under the new
subtitle 'New Counties', providing for organizing new counties pursuant
to the provisions of Section 1 of Article 13 of the Constitution of Mary-
land and relating generally to the proceedings therefor. "

Amendment No. 15—Immediately preceding line 1 of Section 2 on
page 5 of the third reading file bill, insert the following:

"Section 1A. And be it further enacted, That new Section 220
be and it is hereby added to Article 25 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition and 1961 Supplement), to follow immediately
after Section 219 thereof and to be under the new subtitle 'New
Counties', and to read as follows:

220. The Board of County Commissioners or County Council of
every county in this State may form new counties. In so doing,
there shall follow the applicable provisions of Section 1 of Article 13
of the Constitution of Maryland. As to any provisions or procedure
for forming new counties which are not prescribed or referred to
in said Section 1 of Article 13 of the Constitution, the Board of
County Commissioners or County Council may establish provisions
and regulations applying to the formation of a new county or counties.
The provisions of this section specifically include authority by two
or more counties to set up a new county or counties composed of
portions of two or more counties. "

Which was laid over under the Rules.

Mr. Malkus, for the Committee on Judicial Proceedings, reported
favorably, with amendments,

House Bill No. 2—By the Speaker:

Subject: "LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT", REVISING THE PRO-
VISIONS CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES.

Amendments to House Bill No. 2
By the Committee:

Amendment No. 1—In lines 1 and 2 of the title of the third reading
file bill, strike out the following: "and 5" and insert in lieu thereof the
following: ", 5, 6, and 9".

Which amendment was read and adopted by roll call as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE

Senators:

Dean, Dorsey, Gonder, Hall, Mach, Malkus, Nock, Mrs., North, Parran, Phipps,
Phoebus, See, Snyder, Weant. Total—14