1080 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Apr. 1

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SENATE BILL No. 638, BY MR. BENNETT.
SUBJECT: LICENSE FEES, ETC., FOR MOTOR VEHI-
CLES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT.

Which was read the third time and passed by yeas and nays

as follows:

Messrs. — AFFIRMATIVE.

President Chesley Holmead Mudd Warfield
Allen Collier Johnson Norris Williams
Archer Cooper Jones Ogden Zihlman
Bennett Duvall Joy Parsons
Bomberger Frick Kaufman Shepherd
Brown Harrison Legg Speicher Total—27

NEGATIVE—None.
[Said Bill was then sent to the House of Delegates. ]

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mr. Harrison, from Committee on Roads and Highways,
reported favorably, with amendment,

HOUSE BILL No. 515, BY MR. DELAPLAINE.
SUBJECT: FORESTRY—ROADSIDE TREES.

Amendment proposed by Committee: "Strike out all after
the words 'a Bill' and insert in lieu thereof the following:
'entitled An Act to repeal Section 8, Chapter 824 of the Acts
of 1914, codified as Section 15-H of Article 39-A of the Third
Volume of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title "Forestry, " sub-title "Roadside Trees, " and
to re-enact the same with amendments.

'Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 8 of Chapter 824 of the Acts of 1914,
codified as Section 15-H of Article 39-A of the Third Volume
of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
title "Forestry, " sub-title "Roadside Trees, " be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

'Section 15-H. Any person or persons who may desire to
cut down or trim any roadside tree shall make application to
the State Board of Forestry for a permit; except in the two
following cases, (1) that where trees are uprooted or branches
of trees broken in such manner that they shall come in con-
tact Avith telephone, telegraph, electric light or other wires
carrying electric current, or where such trees or branches shall
endanger persons or property, such trees or branches of trees
as the case may be, may be removed in such an emergency