2158                            JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Citizens Study Commission on Alcoholic Beverage Laws no later
than June 1, 1963, and shall serve as Acting Chairman until a Chair-
man has been elected by the Commission; and be it further THAT
THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE SUBMITTED
BY JANUARY 15, 1964.

Resolved, That the Governor of Maryland is requested to notify
the several officers and organizations listed hereinabove of the
adoption of this Joint Resolution requesting that they comply with
its provisions and organize and conduct the studies herein provided
for and make recommendations in accordance herewith.

Approved May 6, 1963.

No. 45
(Senate Joint Resolution 22)

Senate Joint Resolution requesting the Board of Public Works to re-
view the authority granted to the United States to dump dredged
materials in certain areas of the Chesapeake Bay and to impose
certain restrictions on dumping of this material.

Whereas, For some years the United States through its Army
Corps of Engineers as part of the dredging and widening of the ship
channels of the Chesapeake Bay has been authorized by the State of
Maryland to dump dredged material in certain specified areas of the
Bay; and

Whereas, Filling up of areas where dumping was formerly carried
on has caused the Engineers to seek new areas in the Chesapeake Bay
for placing of dredged material; and

Whereas, While a large portion of the dredged material sinks to
the bottom of the Bay in the designated dumping areas, approxi-
mately 25% of this material fails to sink and floats with tidal action
to the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay; and

Whereas, Several portions of Kent County, especially near Worton
Point and Howell Point, as well as other shorelines of the Chesapeake
Bay, have experienced quantities of muck which have floated ashore,
causing an unsightly and unsanitary condition; and

Whereas, Many of the areas selected by the Corps of Army En-
gineers for the dumping of dredged material have been used for many
years past and are being contemplated for considerable further usage
in the near future; and

Whereas, The extensive dumping of dredged materials has built
up certain areas on the floor of the Chesapeake Bay to a point where
they have now become a navigational hazard and problem and the
contemplated usage in the future will only compound these problems
if the present dumping areas continue to be used; and