1969]                   OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES                       79

Present at roll call the following members:

Delegates—

Mr. Speaker, Briscoe, Fowler, Boyer, Athey, Lipin, Thomason, Burkhead, Connell,
Helms, Allen, Anderson, Fornos, Benner, Conpton, 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,
Hess, Osborne, Scarff, Hargreaves, Bonvegna, 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, Resnick, Sklar, Spector,
Waxter, Avara, Baumann, Murphy, Rutkowski, Weisengoff, Wyatt, Donaldson, Grum-
bacher, Hoffman, Wright, Clarke, Cronin, Lady, McInerney, Scott, Whalen, Whitney,
Becker, Bell, Blondes, Cook, E. P., Docter, Maurer, Zander, Aitken, Wiser, Evans,
Reed, Sloan, Williams, Matthews, R. C, Yingling, Burgess, Warfield, Long, Laws,
Aiken.                                                                                                        Total—142

INTRODUCTION OF BILL

House Bill No. 17—By Delegate Mothershead:

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of Chapter
565 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1965; Section 4 of
Chapter 888 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1965;
Section 4 of Chapter 207 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1967; Section 3 of Chapter 208 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1967; Section 3 of Chapter 601 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1967; Section 3 of Chapter 644 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1968; Section 4 of Chapter 688 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1968; Section 3 of
Chapter 689 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1968;
Section 3 of Chapter 738 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
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 Rules Committee.

FIRST READING OF SENATE BILL
Senate Bill No. 3—By the President:

An Act to add new Section 12 to Article 49 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition, 1968 Replacement Volume, 1969 Supplement),
title "Interest and Usury," said section to follow immediately after Section
11 thereof, exempting under certain circumstances, secured loans insured
or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Adminis-
tration or any other agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government,
from certain of the interest and usury provisions of the laws of Maryland;
defining the allowable rate of interest and other charges in connection