1969]                                 OF THE SENATE                                      5

District 16—

Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset Gounties Frederick C. Malkus, Jr. Mary L. Nock

Senators Manning, McCourt and Schweinhaut were absent. Forty Senators having answered to their names, the Secretary announced that the Senate of Maryland, 1969 Special Session, is now ready for business.

The Honorable J. Joseph Curran, Jr. nominated the Honorable Mary L. Nock as temporary presiding officer, which nomination was seconded by the Honorable Harry R. Hughes. There being no further nominations the Honorable Mary L. Nock was unanimously elected temporary presiding officer.

The Senator from Dorchester County and the Senator from Howard County were appointed to escort the President Pro Tern to the Chair.

The Secretary then administered the oath of office to the President Pro Tern.

The President Pro Tern administered the oath of office to the Hon. Noel Spier Cook, vice George Hughes of Allegany County.

The next order of business was the election of a permanent presiding officer.

The Honorable Blair Lee, III nominated the Honorable William S. James for President, which was seconded by the Honorable James A. Pine.

On motion of the Honorable Roy N. Staten, seconded by Honorable Harry Hughes, the nominations were closed.

The roll was then called, which resulted as follows:

Senators—

Mr. President, Anderson, Azrael, Bailey, Bertier, Bertorelli, Bishop, Brubaker, Byron, Clark, Connolly, Cook, Conroy, Curran, Dean, Emanuel, Finney, Friedler, Gore, Hall, Hart, Hodges, Hoyer, Hughes, Lapides, Lee, Malkus, Mitchell, McGuirk, Nock, Pine, Smelser, Snyder, Staszak, Staten, Steffey, Steinberg, Stone, Welcome and Wineland.                                                                                                     Total—40

The Honorable William S. James was elected President of the Senate unanimously, and the Honorable William S. James was declared duly elected President of the Senate.

The Senator from District 15 and the Senator from District 6-C were appointed to escort the President to the Chair.

The temporary presiding officer administered the oath of office to the President of the Senate, the Honorable William S. James.

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE

The Secretary of State appeared and delivered a message from the Executive.

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND

Convening the General Assembly of Maryland in

Extraordinary Session at Annapolis, Maryland

Monday, January 6, 1969, at 12 Noon