1964]                   OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES                        49

become one of the outstanding citizens and educators in his county.
His passing leaves a deep gap among his friends and professional
associates, and the public has lost the promise of a splendid career;
now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates of Maryland, That every
member of the House joins the Delegation from Montgomery County
in expressing the deepest regrets of the House over the untimely
passing of Mr. Wesley I. Sauter of Montgomery County, and be it
further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the House be instructed to
send copies of this Resolution to Mr. Sauter's surviving family in
care of his mother, Mrs. Dorothy D. Sauter, of 7901 Chelton Road,
Bethesda, and also to the Board of Education of Montgomery County,
the Christian Service Brigade Battalion of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church of Bethesda, the Montgomery County Boys Baseball Associa-
tion, and to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase YMCA Basketball League.

Read and adopted.

REPORT OF RULES COMMITTEE

House Bill No. 48—By Delegate Bossle:

Subject: "ELECTIONS," subtitle "HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES," RELATING GENERALLY TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

Approved by the Rules Committee and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.

House Bill No. 49—By Delegate Caldwell:

Subject: "INSURANCE CODE," subtitle "21. VARIABLE ANNUI-
TIES," PROVIDING THAT NO LIFE INSURER SHALL ISSUE CON-
TRACTS ON A VARIABLE BASIS.

Approved by the Rules Committee and referred to the Committee on
Banking, Insurance and Social Security.

House Bill No. 53—By Delegates Lowe, T. H., Mandel and Harris :

Subject: "ELECTIONS," subtitle "PRESIDENTIAL CONVEN-
TIONS"; CONCERNING THE STATE AND NATIONAL CONVEN-
TIONS.

Approved by the Rules Committee and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.

House Bill No. 54—By the Howard County Delegation:

Subject: "HOWARD COUNTY," subtitle "HOUSING CODE," RE-
LATING GENERALLY TO THE POWERS OF THE COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS.

Approved by the Rules Committee and referred to the Howard County
Delegation and Mr. Larrimore.