62                           JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                 [Aug. 15

Annapolis, Maryland, August 15, 1973.
The House met at 12:00 P.M.
Prayer by Delegate J. J. Long, Wicomico County.
Present at roll call the following members:

Delegates—

Briscoe, McKay, Athey, Sachs, Thomason, Fallon, Helms, Allen, A. T., Hagner,
Weidemeyer, Compton, Arata, Malone, Alperstein, Needle, Rynd, Hopkins, Price, Stroble,
Boozer, Latshaw, Linton, Hutchinson, Jones, Peters, Schirano, Einschutz, Heffner,
Rush, Arnick, D'Anna, Dize, Merryweather, Startt, Dorman, Menes, Foley, Lombardi,
Pesci, Redding, Sullivan, Blumenthal, Donovan, Knoll, Miller, Rummage, Wolfgang,
Hickman, C. M., Delphey, Hutton, Virts, Cox, Greer, Livezey, Hargreaves, Bonvegna,
Dabrowski, Dypski, Krysiak, Silk, Walters, Antonelli, Brown, Chester, Douglass,
J. W., Heintz, Burns, Curran, Harrison, Hergenroeder, Kircher, Robey, Boswell, Brailey,
Conaway, Dixon, Douglass, C. A., Lee, Randolph, Abramson, Cardin, Howell, Sklar,
Webster, Avara, Baumann, Murphy, Rutkowski, Weisengoff, Wyatt, Grumbacher, Hoff-
man, Wagaman, Allen, W. M., Levitan, Maddox, McInerney, Robertson, Becker, Docter,
Koss, Ruben, Zander, Owens, Wiser, Byrnes, Reed, Sloan, Williams, Beck, Matthews,
Burgess, Nichols, Long, Bolden.                                                                    Total—115

The journal of August 3, 1973 was read and approved.

ORDER

By the Speaker:

The following delegates are excused from today's session: Delegate A.
Bell, Montgomery County; Delegate Mackie, Cecil County.

House Bill No. 14—By Delegate Latshaw:

A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning

Interest and Usury—Exceeding Legal Rate

FOR the purpose of allowing any rate of interest on any loan secured by
a mortgage or deed of trust on residential real property.

BY adding to

Article 49—Interest and Usury

Section 6A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement)

Read the first time and referred to the Rules Committee.

QUORUM CALL
The Speaker announced a quorum call, resulting as follows:

Delegates—

Mr. Speaker, Briscoe, McKay, Mitchell, Athey, Sachs, Thomason, Burkhead,
Fallon, Helms, Allen, A. T., Hagner, Weidemeyer, Compton, Arata, Malone, Rynd,
Hopkins, Price, Stroble, Boozer, Latshaw, Linton, Hutchinson, Jones, Peters, Schirano,
Einschutz, Heffner, Rush, Arnick, D'Anna, Minnick, Dize, Merryweather, Startt,
Dorman, Menes, Ross, Foley, Lombardi, Pesci, Redding, Sullivan, Blumenthal, Donovan,