78                           JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                 [Aug. 16

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 49—Interest and Usury

Section 3

Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1972

Supplement).

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

House Bill No. 24—By Delegate Levitan:
AN ACT concerning

Home Mortgage Interest Rates

FOR the purpose of eliminating the maximum rate of interest allowable
on mortgage loans for residential real property.

BY adding to

Article 49—Interest and Usury

Section 7A

Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1972

Supplement).

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

HOUSE BILL NO. 15—

On motion of Delegate Arnick, duly seconded, and two-thirds of all the
members-elect voting in the affirmative, the rules were suspended by
yeas and nays as follows for the purpose of reporting out bill same day
as introduced.

Affirmative

Delegates—

Mr. Speaker, McKay, Mitchell, Athey, Sachs, Thomason, Helms, Allen, A. T.,
Hagner, Weidemeyer, Rymer, Compton, Nimmerrichter, Arata, Dantoni, Malone,
Hopkins, Price, Stroble, Latshaw, Linton, Hutchinson, Jones, Peters, Schirano,
Einschutz, Heffner, Arnick, D'Anna, Dize, Merryweather, Startt, Mackie, Dorman,
Menes, Foley, Hull, King, Lombardi, Pesci, Redding, Sullivan, Donovan, Knoll, Rum-
mage, Hickman, C. M., Hutton, Virts, Cox, Livezey, Hargreaves, Bonvegan, Dabrowski,
Dypski, Krysiak, Silk, Walters, Antonelli, Chester, Douglass, J. W., Heintz, McCarty,
Raymond, Curran, Gallagher, Harrison, Hergenroeder, O'Brien, Robey, Boswell,
Brailey, Conaway, Dixon, Douglass, C. A., Randolph, Cardin, Dean, Howell, Sklar,
Avara, Baumann, Murphy, Rutkowski, Weisengoff, Wyatt, Grumbacher, Wagaman,
Glaser, Doolan, Levitan, Maddox, McInerney, Robertson, Shore, Becker, Docter, Koss,
Zander, Owens, Byrnes, Williams, Matthews, Nichols, Long, Bolden.             Total—105

Negative—None

House Bill No. 16—

On motion of Delegate Arnick, duly seconded, and two-thirds of all the
members-elect voting in the affirmative the rules were suspended by yeas
and nays as follows for the purpose of reporting out bill same day as
introduced.