1364                            JOINT RESOLUTIONS

The Susquehanna River is one of the great water resources in the
eastern part of the United States. It is vitally important to a large
area in southeastern New York State and to the entire central portion
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It has a very vital part in
the continued well-being of the State of Maryland.

The great Chesapeake Bay is dependent upon the Susquehanna
River for up to eighty percent of its fresh water supply. Any diminu-
tion in the flow of fresh water into the Bay would be potentially and
actually dangerous to the continued usefulness and productivity of
the Chesapeake Bay.

Actually that great body of water is a national and not only a
State asset. It is a wonderfully productive area for seafood and
is used annually by many, many thousands of persons for healthful
and wholesome recreation.

The Compact shortly to be submitted to the three States should
result in an improvement in both the quality and quantity of the
water flowing in the Susquehanna River valley. Pending the com-
pletion of this Compact and its consideration by the legislative and
executive officials of the three States, the State of Maryland proposes
that no additional diversion of water be made throughout the Sus-
quehanna River Basin. Using this approach the three States, if they
adopt the proposed Compact, then can act jointly for their mutual
best interest; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the State
of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are requested
to permit no further diversions of water from the Susquehanna River
and its tributaries pending the completion of the proposed Susque-
hanna River Compact and its adoption by the State of New York,
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the State of Maryland;
and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of State of Maryland under the Great
Seal of Maryland is directed to send copies of this Resolution to the
Governor of New York, the President of the Senate and the Speaker
of the Assembly of the State of New York, to the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, to the Water Resources Commission and the Water
Conservation Department of the State of New York, and to the
Water and Power Resources Board and the Department of Forests
and Waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Approved May 6, 1966.

No. 23
(Senate Joint Resolution 30)

Senate Joint Resolution to have the Governor appoint a study com-
mittee to investigate, report and suggest possible legislation to
combat the high school drop-out problem.

Whereas, The General Assembly of Maryland, along with the
majority of the citizens in Maryland, recognizes that a serious social
problem in our society today is the high school "drop-out"; and