Marvin Mandel, Governor                       2089

a report of the results and recommendations of this joint study be
made to the Legislative Council of Maryland by July 1, 1970; and
be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the members
of the State Scholarship Board, the Board of Directors of the Mary-
land Higher Education Loan Corporation, the members of the Mary-
land Council on Higher Education, and the State Superintendent of
Education.

Approved April 22, 1970.

No. 25
(Senate Joint Resolution 21)

Senate Joint Resolution expressing the warm appreciation of the
General Assembly of Maryland and of the people of the entire
State to the Commission on Artistic Property.

The General Assembly of Maryland, speaking on behalf of all the
people of the State, wishes to express to the Commission on Artistic
Property the sincere appreciation of the Legislature and of the
citizens for the outstanding and public spirited contribution of the
members of the Commission to the artistic improvement of the State
House in Annapolis.

The Commission on Artistic Property was established pursuant
to Chapter 111 of the Acts of 1969. This Act required the Board
of Public Works to appoint three persons to provide generally for
the location, proper care, custody, restoration, display and preserva-
tion of the valuable paintings and other decorative arts in all State
buildings and premises in the Annapolis area.

The Board of Public Works appointed to the Commission on
Artistic Property the following three citizens of the State of Mary-
land: J. Waters Parrish, Chairman, E. Roy Bergholz and Andrew
Heubeck, Jr. John W. Sause, Jr., Esquire, has served as Secretary
to the Commission.

The Commission began in 1969 a notable program of restoring
old portraits in the State House, some of them being of almost
priceless value. The portraits first completed are being displayed
in the Old Senate Chamber in the original portion of the State
House, and also in the new Senate Chamber.

Four portraits have been placed in the Old Senate Chamber. One
is of General Washington at the surrender of Yorktown, and the
other three are early Maryland Governors, being, William Paca,
John Haskins Stone and William Smallwood.

In the new Senate Chamber are handsome portraits of the four
signers of the Declaration of Independence; being, William Paca,
Thomas Stone, Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll "of Carrollton".

The Commission on Artistic Property arranged for the restora-
tion of these eight portraits and is continuing its efforts for the
location, care and preservation of paintings and other decorative
arts in all State buildings and premises in the Annapolis area.