J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1397

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 diversion 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 Common-
wealth 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. 51
(House Joint Resolution 30)

House Joint Resolution to request the Philadelphia Electric Company
to provide a continuous flow of water below Conowingo Dam on
the Susquehanna River to maintain the fisheries in the river, and
to direct the State resource agencies to prepare legislation em-
powering the State to obtain monetary relief from prsons PER-
SONS damaging the State's fisheries.

Whereas, The Maryland portion of the Susquehanna River sup-
ports a major sport and commercial fishery of both resident and
anadromous fishes; and

Whereas, The Susquehanna River is one of the major fish spawn-
ing and nursery areas in the United States; and

Whereas, The anadromous fish which ascend the Susquehanna
River to spawn are important to sport and commercial fishing along
the entire Atlantic seaboard; and

Whereas, The construction of the Conowingo Dam and subsequent
changes in the natural stream bed below the Dam have impeded the
natural flow of the Susquehanna River; and

Whereas, There is no fish way or fish ladder to permit the free
passage of fish beyond the Dam for the purpose of spawning; and

Whereas, The massive fish kills immediately below the Conowingo
Dam are related to sporadic water releases from the Dam; and