J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                              1745

Whereas, Interstate Highway 81 running north and south through
the Shenandoah Valley will add large amounts of seasonal traffic
to the flow of traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike; and

Whereas, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, when finally included in
the Interstate System will contain tunnels which presently do not
meet Interstate vertical clearance standards, and will always be
vulnerable to bombing, sabotage or accidental damage by flammables
carried legally or illegally which would require many months to
repair; and

Whereas, road building, more than many other public construc-
tion activities, and especially Interstate Highway Construction, is
an immediate aid to the economy of the area in which roads are
built, and also a very logical and effective means of improving the
demand for heavy machinery, steel and many other products which
directly affect the economy of the entire nation; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates of Maryland, That the Con-
gress of the United States is urged to enact legislation which would
permit substantial additional mileage to be added to the Federal
Interstate System of the United States and that this legislation
provide that U. S. Highway 40 from Hancock, Maryland, to Wash-
ington, Pennsylvania, be included in the Interstate System, regardless
of the inclusion of the Turnpike from Breezwood to Irwin, Penn-
sylvania, in this system, and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution are sent to Senators
Beall and Butler, and to Representatives Brewster, Fallon, Friedel,
Garmatz, Johnson, Lankford and Mathias.

Approved May 3, 1961.

No. 47
(House Joint Resolution 23)

House Joint Resolution requesting the Governor of Maryland to
insert in the supplemental budget an item for compensation to
Mr. Ambrose E. Wood, of St. Mary's County.

Mr. Ambrose E. Wood of St. Mary's County has been awarded a
judgment in the amount of sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000)
from Thomas L. Lacey, an employee of the State Roads Commission
of Maryland. This judgment was awarded during the month of July,
1960, in a case docketed in the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County.

Mr. Lacey, the defendant in the case, as an employee of the State
Roads Commission, is included in a public liability insurance policy
obtained by the State Roads Commission; however, under the policy
the maximum amount which may be paid to the plaintiff is twenty-
five thousand dollars ($25,000). This leaves a balance due of forty
thousand dollars ($40,000) on the judgment awarded to Mr. Wood.

The injury to Mr. Wood occurred on the day of February 20, 1958.