462                                 JOINT RESOLUTIONS

No. 8
(House Joint Resolution 13)

House Joint Resolution to request the State Roads Commission to
undertake a study of the feasibility of a reduction in or elimina-
tion of the Susquehanna Bridge toll.

Whereas, The opening of the Northeastern Expressway has had
a deleterious economic impact upon diverse businesses located on
United States Route 40; and

Whereas, One of the possible solutions to this problem is a
reduction of the toll on the Susquehanna Bridge on United States
Route 40 from the current twenty-five cents (.25) to some lesser
amount; and

Whereas, The tolls on the Susquehanna Bridge are tied into the
tolls on the Potomac River Bridge, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and
the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

Whereas, The tolls of these four projects are covered by one trust

agreement with the Maryland National Bank and the tolls cannot
be changed without approval by the firm of Coverdale and Colpitts,

traffic engineers of New York, with the concurrence of the State

Roads Commission of Maryland; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the State
Roads Commission of Maryland is requested to institute, in con-
junction with the firm of Coverdale and Colpitts, the necessary-
procedure to review this problem in the light of the possible con-
tinuing adverse impact retention of the Susquehanna Bridge toll
at its current level may have upon future business conditions on
United States Route 40, and to make a recommendation based upon
the facts developed as to whether the toll should be retained at its
present level or whether it should be reduced or eliminated; and be
it further

Resolved, That the State Roads Commission is requested to report
its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the members
of the General Assembly prior to the 1965 Session.

Approved April 7, 1964.

No. 9
(House Joint Resolution 10)

House Joint Resolution requesting the President of the United States
to help determine the ownership of and arrange for the removal
of abandoned boats, ships, vessels and barges from the waters
of Maryland.

Whereas, Many boats, ships and vessels have come to rest in the
navigable waters of the State of Maryland either through the
vicissitudes of fortune or the deliberate but misguided intentions of
their owners, and