1628                               JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Governor
of Maryland is requested to appoint a commission of persons for the
purpose of reviewing those aspects of the corporation laws of the
State of Maryland cited herein in order to prepare a revision of these
laws for submission to the Governor and the General Assembly as
soon as practicable; and be it further

Resolved, That the Governor of Maryland is requested to allocate
to the Commission from revenues at his control sufficient funds for the
Commission to carry out its work; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to the Governor
of Maryland.

Approved May 4, 1965.

No. 22
(House Joint Resolution 2)

House Joint Resolution requesting the Governor of Maryland to
appoint a commission to make a comprehensive study and review
of criminal laws, criminal procedures and the administration of
criminal justice in the State of Maryland.

Whereas, It is recognized by the General Assembly, the organized
Bar of Maryland, members of the judiciary, the legal profession
and the public that a great need exists for revision of the Maryland
criminal laws, criminal procedure and administration of criminal
justice, and

Whereas, The reasons for the need for a new criminal code in
Maryland are the following:

(a)   The last previous revision of the Criminal Code of Mary-
land was made in 1809; and

(b)   The 1960 Maryland Self-Survey Commission published its
fourth and final report which, in part, consisted of a proposed
Criminal Code revising in their entirety the criminal laws of the
State of Maryland; and

(c)   Bar Association groups and other interested parties have
studied the report of the Maryland Self-Survey Commission and
other recommendations with respect to revisions in the criminal
laws of the State of Maryland and have failed to reach agreement
on the subject; and

(d)   The Committee on the Criminal Code of the Maryland State
Bar Association has recommended that the General Assembly re-
quest the Governor to appoint a Commission to study and make
recommendations with respect to a Revised Criminal Code for the
State of Maryland; and

(e)   The General Assembly believes that the Criminal Code as
constituted contains many anachronisms, inconsistencies and inade-
quacies which encumber the administration of the criminal law in
this State; and