MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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4.         A representative of the Maryland

Association of Counties, Conduit Street, Annapolis,
Maryland 21401; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to
the above organizations and people and to Michael I.
Volk, Esq., Committee Reporter, Legislative Policy
Committee, Legislative Services Building, Annapolis,
Maryland 21401.

Approved May 17, 1976.

No. 81

(House Joint Resolution No. 176)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Earl W. Bridges

FOR the purpose of requesting the Board of Public Works
to pay to the estate or beneficiaries of Earl W.
Bridges the same benefits to which his estate or
beneficiaries would have been entitled had he been a
member in service of the State Employees' Retirement
System with one year creditable service at the time
of his death.

WHEREAS, On March 21, 1976, Earl W. Bridges, 3137
Cornwall Road, Baltimore, Maryland 2 1222, a pier crane
operator and mechanic of the Maryland Port Administration
was killed in a tragic crane accident at the Dundalk
Marine Terminal; and

WHEREAS, It appears that the only death benefits
payable to the estate or beneficiaries of Earl W. Bridges
by the Maryland State Employees' Retirement System will
be repayment of contributions made by Earl W. Bridges of
approximately $31.60 and accrued interest on account of
Earl W. Bridges having entered State service on December
29, 1975, less than three months prior to his untimely
and tragic death; and

WHEREAS, The Estate of beneficiaries of Earl W.
Bridges are entitled to some compensation from the
Maryland State Employees' Retirement System for the
tragic loss of life which has occurred; now, therefore,
be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That
the Board of Public Works is requested to pay to the
estate or the beneficiaries of Earl W. Bridges the same
benefits to which his estate or beneficiaries would have
been entitled had he been a member in service of the