1969]                               OF THE SENATE                                    67

of 1968; and Section 4 of Chapter 654 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1969; removing the maximum interest rate payable by the
County Commissioners for Prince George's County on bonds issued by said
County Commissioners for Prince George's County under the authority
of the above listed Acts; providing that nothing in this Act shall change,
alter, modify or release: (a) any of the terms and provisions of the above
listed Acts except in the manner and to the extent set forth in this Act and
(b) any of the obligations or liabilities which said County Commissioners
for Prince George's County has incurred or may incur under the terms and
provisions of any bonds which said County Commissioners for Prince
George's County has heretofore issued and sold pursuant to the above listed
Acts; and declaring this Act to be an emergency measure.

Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.

REPORT OF RULES COMMITTEE
House Bill No. 17—By Delegate Mothershead:

Subject: REMOVING THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE PAY-
ABLE BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY ON BONDS ISSUED BY SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

Senator James from the Rules Committee, recommended House Bill
No. 17 be re-referred to the Finance Committee.

Said recommendation was approved and House Bill No. 17 was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEE

Senator Hughes asked that the rules be suspended in order to report
the following bill and two-thirds of the Senators-elect, voting in the affir-
mative, the rules were suspended by yeas and nays as follows:

Affirmative

Senators—

Mr. President, Anderson, Azrael, Bailey, Bertier, Bertorelli, Bishop, Brubaker,
Byron, Clark, Connolly, Cook, Crawford, Curran, Emanuel, Finney, Gore, Hall, Hart,
Hodges, Hoyer, Hughes, Lapides, Malkus, McGuirk, Mitchell, Nock, Pine, Schweinhaut,
Staszak, Staten, Steinberg, Steffey, Stone, Welcome, Wineland.                     Total—36

Negatives

Senators—

Conroy, Dean.                                                                                          Total—2

Senator Harry Hughes from the Finance Committee reported favor-
ably,

House Bill No. 17—By Delegate Mothershead:

Subject: REMOVING THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE PAY-
ABLE BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY ON BONDS ISSUED BY SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

Favorable report adopted.

Read the second time and ordered passed to third reading.