92                          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                 [Aug. 22

Annapolis, Maryland, Wednesday, August 22, 1973.

12:00 o'clock noon Session.
The Senate met at 12:00 o'clock noon.

Prayer by Rev. Richard V. Landis, St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Anna-
polis, Md.

Present at roll call the following Senators:

Messrs.—

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

The journal of Monday, August 20, 1973 was read and approved.

SPECIAL ORDERS
The President laid before the Senate the Special Orders of the Day.

Senate Bill No. 16—By Senator Crawford:

A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning

Fair Election Practices—Campaign Expenditures

FOR the purpose of limiting campaign expenditures, with respect to a
simple 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)

Status of Bill: Question is on motion by Senator Crawford to reconsider
the vote by which Senate Bill No, 16 failed to be withdrawn from the
Rules Committee and re-referred to Judicial Proceedings Committee.

Said motion prevailed by yeas and nays,.

Senator Crawford moved, duly seconded, to withdraw Senate Bill No.
16 from the Rules Committee and to re-refer Senate Bill No. 16 to the
Judicial Proceedings Committee.

Said motion failed by yeas and nays.