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3200 EXECUTIVE ORDERS
protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
public;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARVIN MANDEL, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME
BY ARTICLE 41, SECTION 15B OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND (1971 REPLACEMENT VOLUME AND 1973
CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 1 OF
THE ACTS OF 1973, SECOND SPECIAL SESSION), AND
BECAUSE I AM ADVISED AND INFORMED THAT THE FOLLOWING
IS REASONABLE AND NECESSARY IN VIEW OF THE SITUATION
OF EMERGENCY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND ISSUE THE
FOLLOWING ORDER, EFFECTIVE 12:01 A.M. NOVEMBER 23,
1973:
1. Except where a lesser maximum speed
limit is required by or established in accordance
with Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, fifty miles per hour is declared to be the
maximum lawful speed on the highways within the
State; and, subject only to the exemptions and
privileges otherwise granted by law to authorized
emergency vehicles, no person shall operate a
vehicle in excess of fifty miles per hour on any
highway within the State.
2. Pursuant to my authority, as aforesaid,
to establish and implement standards for the
conservation of energy resources, fifty miles per
hour is declared to be the maximum reasonable speed
for the purposes of Article 66 1/2, § 11-801(a) of
the Annotated Code of Maryland; and, any person
operating a vehicle in excess of fifty miles per
hour on any highway within the State shall be deemed
to be operating such vehicle at a speed which is
unreasonable within the meaning of Article 66 1/2, §
11—801(a) of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
3. Pursuant to my authority, as aforesaid,
to modify existing standards and requirements
affecting the use of energy resources, the standards
and requirements set forth in the provisions of
Article 66 1/2, §§11-801(b)(4), and 11-801(b)(5) of
the Annotated Code of Maryland are hereby modified
to establish fifty miles per hour as the maximum
lawful speed on the respective highways described in
said provisions,
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Article 66 1/2, §§ 11-801(c), 11-802 and 11-803 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, or of any other
provisions of State or local law, no maximum speed
limit may be established by any State or local
authority on any highway within the State which
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