J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1355

11, 1965, indicates as a possibility that in the 1967 Session the Senate
of Maryland may have its membership increased from 29 to 43
Senators.

This increase would be added to the extra allotment of 19 members
of the House of Delegates made at the Special Session of May 25,
1962. Study should be made of the effect of the increased member-
ship in both Houses upon various aspects of the rules, procedure,
and committee structure in both the Houses.

Obviously, the rules will have to be changed in the Senate, for
example, to take account of the increased number of Senators. Per-
haps also, as another example, some change should be considered in
the traditional committee structure in the Senate whereby the entire
membership has been divided among two large committees.

From time to time also there have been suggestions for change in
the committee structure of the House of Delegates.

In all these areas, and perhaps others as well, detailed and close
consideration should be given to possible changes which would be
desirable at the time the 1967 General Assembly convenes; now
therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Legis-
lative Council during 1966 is requested to give complete study and
consideration to the impact of reapportionment upon the operations
of the General Assembly and the possible changes which should be
considered in the rules, procedures, organization, committee struc-
ture, and operations of the two Houses of the General Assembly under
the reapportioned legislature.

Approved May 6, 1966.

No. 13
(Senate Joint Resolution 11)

Senate Joint Resolution requesting the Legislative Council to study
possibilities for creating in the State of Maryland a position of
Revisor of Statutes.

Members of the General Assembly of Maryland are interested in
learning of the possibilities for creating in this State, a legislative
staff position of Revisor of Statutes.

Nearly half of the states in the Union seem to have some such
position as part of their legislative staff agencies. In those states this
officer has the duty of working constantly on revisions and improve-
ments in the statutory law. In some states this officer also works on
the editing and publishing of the State Code.

The State of Maryland already carries on considerable statutory
revision. This kind of work is done every year in Maryland by
special commissions and committees set up to revise some portion of
the Maryland laws.

.At the same time, it might be useful to have a specific position of
this kind set up as part of a program of expanding legislative serv-