MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            3201

shall be greater than fifty miles per hour, and the
provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding
any greater maximum speed limits which may be
lawfully in effect prior to the effective date of
this Order.

5.    The State Department of Transportation
and all other appropriate governmental authorities
are directed to prepare and post, as soon as
possible, appropriate signs on the affected highways
giving notice of the maximum speed limit ordered
herein.

6.    Any operation of a vehicle on the
highways within the State in excess of fifty miles
per hour shall be a violation of the provisions of
Article 66 1/2, Section 11-801(a) and Section
11—801(b) , and shall subject the person operating
the vehicle to the procedures and penalties provided
for violations of Article 66 1/2, Section 11-801(a)
and 11—801 (b), as well as subjecting such person
to the penalties provided in Article 41, Section
15B, for violations of this Order.

November 21, 1973

Honorable Marvin Mandel

Governor

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Governor Handel:

Pursuant to the responsibility placed on the Joint
Standing Committee on Administrative, Executive and
Legislative Review by Chapter 1 of the Acts of the Second
Special Session of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1973, the Committee must receive and consider Executive
Orders promulgated by virtue of the presently existing
energy crisis.

On November 19, 1973, the members of the Committee
received copies of the Executive Order which states that,
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.