1392                            JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Maryland, the State Budget Director, and the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare in Washington, D. C.

Approved May 6, 1966.

No. 46
(House Joint Resolution 21)

House Joint Resolution requesting automobile manufacturers to de-
sign safer automobiles.

Whereas, in the words of President Lyndon B. Johnson—"The
gravest problem before this nation—next to the war in Viet Nam—
is the death and destruction, the shocking and senseless carnage,
that strikes daily on our highways and that takes a higher and
more terrible toll each year."

Automobiles designed with safety considerations foremost—in
braking and steering systems, in accessories, and in overall design—
will certainly reduce highway fatalities and disabling injuries. The
number of lives saved and crippling injuries prevented will not be
known until the automobiles on American roads are in fact built to
incorporate presently understood safety design and features.

A number of safety features became standard on the 1966 models
only as a result of federal prodding and pressure. The automobile
industry can and must do better in the future; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the automo-
bile manufacturers are urged to take account of existing knowledge
and current studies in safe automobile design, and to give safety its
place ahead of styling and cost factors to which it has been subordi-
nated in the past; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the Senators and
Representatives of Maryland in the Congress of the United States,
and under the Great Seal of Maryland to the respective presidents
of General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Corporation, and
American Motors.

Approved May 6, 1966.

No. 47
(House Joint Resolution 22)

House Joint Resolution requesting the Congress of the United States
of America to appropriate funds necessary for the construction of
a water impounding dam on the North Fork of the Potomac River
on the Maryland-West Virginia Border at Bloomington, and indi-
cating the willingness and ability of the State of Maryland to pro-
vide by appropriate legislation for this State's share of the non-