76                          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                 [Dec. 16

year insufficient for such purpose, and including the use of certain proceeds
of said "State Property Transfer Tax," adding a severability clause to the
Act and relating generally to the issue and sale of Certificates of Indebted-
ness evidencing such State debt.

Read the first time and referred to the Rules Committee.

Senate Bill No. 5—By the President:

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of Chapter
545 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1968, amending the law which
authorizes and empowers the County Commissioners of Harford County
to borrow a certain sum of money in order to finance the construction,
acquisition, improvement, or extension of public schools in that county, as
further defined in said Chapter 545 of 1968, in order to change the maxi-
mum rate of interest specified for these bonds.

Read the first time and referred to the Rules Committee.
Senate Bill No. 6—By the President:

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of Chapter
730 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1968, amending the law which
authorizes and empowers the County Commissioners of Harford County
to borrow a certain sum of money in order to finance the construction,
acquisition and improvement of a county governmental center comprising
certain capital facilities, buildings, and equipment either on the same or
separate sites or as a part of a governmental complex, in order to increase
the maximum rate of interest on these bonds.

Read the first time and referred to the Rules Committee.

Senate Bill No. 7—By the President:

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 447(b) of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Harford County (1965 Edition), being
Article 13 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Harford
County," subtitle "Metropolitan Commission," amending the laws concern-
ing the Metropolitan Commission of Harford County in order to change
the maximum rate of interest which may be fixed for bonds issued by the
Metropolitan Commission.

Read the first time and referred to the Rules Committee.

The rules being suspended and the House so determined, upon recom-
mendation of the Rules Committee, the following were re-referred:

Senate Bills No. 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 to the Ways and Means Committee.

Senate Bill No. 1—By the President:

Subject: MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Two-thirds of the members elected to the House having so determined,
the bill was rereferred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Affirmative

Delegates—

Mr. Speaker, Briscoe, Fowler, Boyer, Athey, Lipin, Thomason, Burkhead, Connell,
Helms, Allen, Anderson, Fornos, Benner, Compton, Nimmerrichter, Arata, Coolahan,
Malone, Alpert, Jacobson, Rynd, Hopkins, Nice, Price, Tyler, Hinkel, Jensen, Hutchin-
son, Jones, Kardash, Schirano, Einschutz, Evans, Rush, Arnick, D'Anna, Minnick, Dize,
Matthews, R. M., Burkheimer, Mackie, Dorman, Menes, Mothershead, Banning, Good-
man, Hull, King, Montfort, Santangelo, Weile, Aragona, Bagley, Donovan, Giordano,
McDonough, Rummage, Hickman, C. M., Hickman, R., Houck, Remsberg, Virts, Greer,