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JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

[May 12

Robert L. Douglass

District 46 — (Baltimore City)
Joseph S. Bonvegna

District 47 — (Baltimore City)
Cornell N. Dypski

Forty—seven Senators having answered to their names,
the Secretary announced that a quorum being present, the
Senate of Maryland, 1975 Special Session, is now ready
for the transaction of business.

PROCLAMATION
BY THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND

Convening the General Assembly of Maryland in

Extraordinary Session at Annapolis, Maryland

Monday, May 12, 1975, 10:00 a.m.

Pursuant to the powers vested in me, as Governor, by
Article II, Section 16, and Article III, Section 14 of
the Constitution of Maryland, I, Marvin Mandel, Governor
of the State of Maryland, do hereby proclaim and convene
a Special and Extraordinary Session of the General
Assembly of Maryland to commence at 10:00 a.m. on Monday,
May 12, 1975, in the State Capitol in the City of
Annapolis.

GIVEN Under My Hand and The Great Seal of the State
of Maryland, in the City of Annapolis, this 1st Day of
May, 1975.

Marvin Mandel
Governor of Maryland

ATTEST:

Fred L. Wineland
Secretary of State

Read and ordered journalized.

ELECTION OF PRESIDING OFFICER

The first order of business was the election of a
temporary presiding officer.

The Honorable Edward T. Conroy nominated the