J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             1729

to the desirability and effectiveness of closing streams to all fishing
during spawning seasons; and

Whereas, there now appears not to be sufficient facts available
for the General Assembly to take action on this question; now, there-
fore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Tide-
water Fisheries Commission, after consultation with the Depart-
ment of Research and Education, is directed to make a study of the
streams in this State with respect to the effect that closing of
Streams, or closing of any parts of them, might have on the quantity
of fish thereafter available for commercial and sports fishermen;
and be it further

Resolved, That the Commission shall thereafter report its findings
with recommendations to the General Assembly.

Approved May 3, 1961.

No. 30
(House Joint Resolution 32)

House Joint Resolution requesting the new Administration in Wash-
ington to adopt a program bolstering the shipbuilding and ship
repair industry.

Whereas, The shipbuilding and ship repair industry is a vital
segment of the economy of the State of Maryland and the City of
Baltimore; and

Whereas, Many thousands of our citizens from this industry and
others, with applicable skills, are unemployed in the State of Mary-
land; and

Whereas, This industry will collapse within two years if the new
Administration in Washington does not immediately embark upon
a program to bloster this industry; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the following emergency program be recommended
to the new Administration for adoption:

(1) A portion of the reserve fleet required for national defense
purposes should be put in ready condition and this work should be

placed in private ship repair yards.

(2) The Navy Department should give sufficient repair work to

private repair yards to keep them in operation.

(3) The completion dates of work presently in our shipyards should
be accelerated, to provide immediate employment to halt impending

layoffs.

(4) The replacement of our present merchant fleet should be under-

taken at the rate of sixty ships per year, to insure retention of the