3248                                    EXECUTIVE ORDERS

(h) Vehicles operated by persons required to
use those vehicles daily in their employment, and
who are required to drive more than 75 miles a day,
[other than for] INCLUDING commuting, upon
presentation of proper identification and an
affidavit in a form attached to this Order.

(5) Any violation of this Order shall be
punishable as a misdemeanor and shall subject the
offender to a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) or not more than sixty days
incarceration, or both, upon conviction thereof.
The making of a false affidavit pursuant to
paragraph 4(h) and the wilful making of a false
representation that a vehicle is excluded from the
provisions of this order pursuant to paragraph 4 are
violations of this Order. Pursuant to my
constitutional authority to nolle prosse criminal
charges and to grant reprieves and pardons provided
in Article II, § 20 of the Constitution of Maryland,
and such other authority vested in me by the
Constitution and Laws of Maryland, I hereby direct
the police and prosecuting officials of the State
and local governments not to prosecute technical
violations of this Order occasioned by emergency
situations.

EXECUTIVE ORDER OF FEBRUARY 28, 1974
ENERGY CRISIS - ENERGY ADVISORY COMMISSION

WHEREAS, I, MARVIN MANDEL, Governor of the State of
Maryland, did on November 14, 1973, proclaim that a
state of emergency existed within the area
constituting the entire State of Maryland by reason
of an acute shortage in usable energy resources; and

WHEREAS, I further proclaimed that, in accordance with
the procedures contained in Article 41, Section 15B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended by
Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1973, Second Special
Session, I would promulgate reasonable Orders, Rules
and Regulations, as I deem necessary, to protect the
public health, safety and welfare and to bring the
emergency situation under control; and

WHEREAS, In order to coordinate and execute the State's

responsibilities in meeting the crisis,     I created

the State Energy Policy Office, and   appointed a
Director to head that Office; and