50                            JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS               [March 12

House Bill No. 55—By the Frederick County Delegation:

Subject: "COURTS," subtitle "CIRCUIT COURTS FOR THE
COUNTIES—COURT STENOGRAPHERS," PROVIDING AN ADDI-
TIONAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE FOR FREDERICK COUNTY.

Approved by the Rules Committee and referred to the Frederick-
County Delegation.

House Joint Resolution No. 3—By Delegate Mitchell:

Subject: REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND TO
APPOINT A COMMISSION TO CONSIDER NECESSARY CHANGES
IN THE USURY LAWS OF THE STATE AS THEY ARE APPLICABLE
TO PROVISIONS IN MORTGAGES OF REAL PROPERTY.

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

REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEE

Mr. McNulty, for the Anne Arundel County Delegation, reported favor-
ably,

House Bill No. 2—By the Anne Arundel County Delegation:

Subject: "ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY," subtitle "FIRE PROTEC-
TION," INCREASING THE SPECIAL FIRE TAX.

Favorable report adopted.

Which was read the second time and ordered printed for its third
reading.

On motion of Mr. McNulty, duly seconded, and two-thirds of all the
members-elect voting in the affirmative, the rules were suspended by
yeas and nays as follows, to permit said bill to be put on third reading and
final passage.

Affirmative

Messrs.—

Speaker, Briscoe, Fowler, Boyer, Joiner, Bertier, Duvall, Fallon, Helms, Larrimore,
McNulty, Weidemeyer, Benner, Dowell, Linton, Perrin, MacDaniel, Maguire, Medairy,
Peters, Price, Rush, Spurrier, Stone, Harrison, Latham, Butler, Long (Chas.), Bennett,
Matthews, Merryweather, Spicer, Burkheimer, Harris, Johnson, Dentz, Emanuel, Good-
man, Hart, Koonce, Machen, Marshall, McDonough, Wineland, Hickman (C. M.), Risley,
Hickman (R.), Pilchard, Polk, Byron, Collins, Houck, Payne, Remsberg, Virts, Blair,
Hess, Scarff, Blades, Wise, Dembowski, Mrozinski, Silk, Walters, Antonelli, Behounek,
Holub, Lapides, McCourt, Ray, Acker, Kircher, Krug, Mooney, O'Connell, O'Malley,
Palmisano, Tawney, Abramson (J.), Abramson (M.), Dixon, Epstein, Mitchell, Young,
Cardin, Friedman, Resnick, Siegel, Silver, Stark, Baumann, Corrigan, McGuirk, Murphy,
Wheatley, Dillon, Grumbacher, Hoffman, Huyett, Spence, Tingle, Anderson (T. M.),
Blondes, Bresler, Doing, Gore, McAuliffe, McInerney, Moore, Anderson (F. H.), Beall,
Cook (N. S.), Reed, See, Williams, Dulany, Magin, O'Farrell, Yingling, Hanna, War-
field, Caldwell, Long (J. J.), Lowe (H.), White, Bray, Glotfelty, Groves. Total—128
Messrs.—

Negative—None

The Rules being suspended, House Bill No. 2 was placed on third
reading and final passage.

House Bill No. 2—By the Anne Arundel County Delegation:

Subject: "ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY," subtitle "FIRE PROTEC-
TION," INCREASING THE SPECIAL FIRE TAX.