1730                            JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Whereas, As of February 1, 1967, the General Assembly has been
in session for two weeks and has been delayed in its organization and
operation while awaiting the inauguration of the newly-elected
Governor and the delivery of the budget which was made on January
27, 1967; and

Whereas, The present sessions are limited and the General As-
sembly should be empowered to organize and proceed with its business
at the earliest possible time; and

Whereas, It is desirable to make the following changes in the
State Constitution:

1.   A newly-elected Governor should be sworn into office on the
thirtieth day after the general election.

2.   On this same day the newly-elected General Assembly would
meet for one day to select its presiding officers, and transact its other
organizational business, following which the General Assembly
would be ready for business when the regular session opened.

3.   The budget should be submitted on the opening day of each
regular session. This would be possible in the case of a newly-elected
Governor's first budget by adopting item 1 above; and

Whereas, It is desirable to bring these changes to the attention of
the Constitutional Convention with the endorsement of the General
Assembly for their inclusion in the new State Constitution; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That we strongly
urge the Constitutional Convention to consider the changes in pro-
cedures for a newly-elected Governor and General Assembly proposed
herein for inclusion in the new State Constitution; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution are submitted to the
officers and appropriate committees of the Constitutional Convention
for their consideration.

Approved May 4, 1967.

No. 42
(House Joint Resolution 20)

House Joint Resolution requesting the Governor of Maryland to
appoint a commission for the purpose of preparing a long term
plan for the preservation of agricultural lands in Maryland and
for other related purposes.

Whereas, during 1966 the Legislative Council became concerned
at what appeared to be one of the results of the growing urbanization
of Maryland, the loss of desirable and usable land for agriculture to
other uses, often uses which would forever deny the use of this land
for agricultural purposes, and

Whereas, the Legislative Council was informed there are land use
statutes in other states which have controlled the use of land in an