90                          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                 [Aug. 20

Annapolis, Maryland, Monday, August 20, 1973.

8:00 o'clock P.M. Session.
The Senate met at 8:00 P.M.

Prayer by Rev. Leroy Bowman, First Baptist Church, Annapolis, Md.

Present at roll call were the following Senators:

Messrs.—

President, Mrs. Abrams, Bailey, Bishop, Blount, Boyer, Bozick, Byrnes, Clark,
Conroy, Coolahan, Crawford, Curran, Dalton, Emanuel, Finney, Goodman, Hall, Hodges,
Hoyer, Lapides, Lipin, Mason, McAuliffe, McGuirk, Mitchell, Mrs. Nock, Pascal, Pine,
Mrs. Schweinhaut, Smelser, Snyder, Staszak, Staten, Steers, Steinberg, Stone, Thomas,
Mrs. Welcome, Wilson.                                                                                  Total—40

The journal of Thursday, August 16, 1973 was read and approved.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Senate Bill No. 15—By Senator McAuliffe:
AN ACT concerning

Chartered Counties—Courthouses

FOR the purpose of enumerating the express power of chartered counties
to erect, establish and maintain courthouses within their respective
counties.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 25A—Chartered Counties of Maryland

Section 5 (C)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume)

Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.

Senate Bill No. 16—By Senator Crawford:
AN ACT concerning

Fair Election Practices—Campaign Expenditures

FOR the purpose of limiting campaign expenditures, with respect to a
single election, to ten cents times the total population of the state,
district, or other area within which the election is held of $1,000,
whichever is more.

BY adding to

Article 33—Election Code

Section 26-10 (d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement)

Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules.