4                       JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                           [Jan. 6

Osborne, Scarff, Hargreaves, Bonvegna, Bullock, Dypski, Krysiak, Silk, Walters, Adams (F. B.), Antonelli, Cassady, Chester, Holub, McCarty, Orlinsky, Sarbanes, Burns, Curran, Hergenroeder, Kent, Kircher, McQuade, Mooney, O'Brien, Abramson, Brailey, Dixon, Douglass, Epstein, Lee, Randolph, Abrams, Cardin, Friedman, Mandel, Resnick, Spector, Waxter, Avara, Baumann, Freeberger, Murphy, Rutkowski, Weisengoff, Wyatt, Donaldson, Grumbacher, Hoffman, Wright, Clarke, Cronin, Lady, Mclnerney, Scott, Whalen, Whitney, Becker, Bell, Blondes, Cook (E. P.), Zander, Wiser, Cook (N. S.), Evans, Reed, Williams, Matthews (R. C), Yingling, Burgess, Warfield, Long, White, Aiken.                                                                                                        Total—136

Mr. Carter Hickman, duly seconded, moved to elect Hon. E. Homer White, Speaker Pro-tem, for the Special Session.

The roll was called on the above motion, and the Chief Clerk declared Hon. E. Homer White as Speaker Pro-tem.

The Hon. E. Homer White was administered the oath of office of Speaker Pro-tem by the Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.

The Speaker Pro-tem administered the oath of office to the following delegates: Herbert Tyler of Baltimore County; David Williams of Al-legany County, and Melvin S. Sloan of Allegany County.

The Speaker Pro-tem announced the election for Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Hon. Thomas H. Lowe, duly seconded, moved to elect Hon. Marvin Mandel, Speaker of the House of Delegates, for the Special Session.

There being no other nominations, the Speaker Pro-tem announced the election of Hon. Marvin Mandel.

The Speaker Pro-tem administered the oath of office to Hon. Marvin Mandel as Speaker of the House of Delegates for Special Session of January 6, 1969.

The Speaker then addressed the House of Delegates.

Chief Clerk and Journal Clerk of the House. The Chief Clerk of the House is James P. Mause, pursuant to the provisions of Section 76A of the Rules of the House of Delegates.

The Journal Clerk of the House is Charles Hurley Cox, pursuant to Section 78A of the Rules of the House of Delegates.

MESSAGE TO THE SENATE House of Delegates

Annapolis, Md., January 6, 1969. By the Speaker: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate:

The House of Delegates, pursuant to the Governor's proclamation, has met in Special Session and having organized by the election of the Honorable Marvin Mandel, Speaker and, under the Rules of the House, Mr. James P. Mause, Chief Clerk is now ready to proceed with the business of the session.

We respectfully propose, with your concurrence, the appointment of a joint committee of five members, three on the part of the House and two on the part of the Senate, to wait upon the Governor and inform him that