4 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [May 25

ORDERS
By Mr. Boone:

Please excuse Delegate Frances Holub, 2nd District, Baltimore City,
from today's session because of illness.

By Mr. Boone:

Resolved, That the following desk officers be and they are hereby
elected to serve the House of Delegates during the Special Legislative
Session of May, 1962:

Chief Clerk—James P. Mause
Assistant Chief Clerk—Elizabeth M. Reese
Journal Clerk—Charles H. Cox
Assistant Journal Clerk—William T. Schmitz
Reading Clerk—James E. Jones
Sergeant-at-Arms—Joseph L. Morris
Chief Page—L. Edwin Carr
Read and adopted by roll call as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE

Messrs. —

Speaker, Combs, Fowler, Boyer, Joiner, Brockmeyer, Larrimore, McNulty, Mel-
vin, Ridout, Whitmore, Dowell, Hance, Linton, Mitchell, Boone, Culver, MacDaniel,
Maguire, Staten, Tyler, Harrison, Latham, Lowe, Butler, Long, Quinn, Bennett,
Corkran, Matthews, Merryweather, Harris, Mackie, Garbelman, Machen, Sasscer,
Sickles, Eaton, Risley, Hickman, Pilchard, Polk, Collins, Houck, Payne, Smelser,
Burall, Davis, Getz, Hess, Moore, Blades, Wise, Bullock, Dembowski, Kosakowski,
Nowakowski, Silk, Walters, Antonelli, Behounek, Hedrick, Panuska, Urban, Acker,
Brooks, Brown, Curran, McNeal, O'Malley, Abramson, Dixon, Friedman, Imber,
Rombro, Welcome, Bacharach, Cardin, Mandel, Resnick, Silver, Stark, Baumann,
Baynes, Bittner, Corrigan, McGuirk, Myers, Cohill, Geiger, Grumbacher, Mason,
McElwee, White, R. T., Barbee, Browning, Cook, E. P., Hostetler, Lee, Woodward,
Cook, N. S., Driscoll, Reed, Walsh, Hahn, Hale, Magin, O'Farrell, Clark, Murray
Caldwell, Cannon, Bray, Buckel, Savage. Total—115

NEGATIVE—NONE

MESSAGE TO THE SENATE
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

Annapolis, Md., May 25, 1962.
By Mr. Boone:
Gentlemen of the Senate:

The House of Delegates, pursuant to the Governor's proclamation,
has met in Special Session and having organized by the election of the
Hon. Perry O. Wilkinson, Speaker and Mr. James P. Mause, Chief Clerk,
is now ready to proceed with the business of the Session.

We respectfully propose, with your concurrence, the appointment of
a joint committee of five members, three to be appointed on the part of
the House and two upon the part of the Senate, to wait upon the
Governor and inform him that the General Assembly is now organized
and prepared to receive any communications he may desire to make.