1908 JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

munity of Donora, Pennsylvania, where nineteen persons
lost their lives and scores of others suffered acutely follow-
ing an unusual accumulation of poisonous fumes and natural
fogs; now therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Governor of this State be and he is hereby requested to ap-
point a commission to study in this State these conditions
of poisonous fumes; and be it further

Resolved, That it is the sense of this Body that such a
commission should include in its membership the Director
of the State Department of Health, the Commissioner of the
Baltimore City Health Department, and at least seven other
persons to be named by the Governor so as to have repre-
sentation thereon for industry, labor, the General Assembly
and the public at large; and that this commission be unpaid
except for the necessary expenses of investigative and secre-
tarial work; and be it further

Resolved, That if such a commission is appointed, it be
requested to report to the Governor and to the General
Assembly in advance of the Session of 1950 its recommenda-
tions for alleviating these obnoxious and poisonous fumes.

Approved April 22, 1949.

NO. 17

(House Joint Resolution 6)

Joint Resolution directing the Game and Inland Fish Com-
mission to institute an investigation of the causes of the
muskrat shortage.

WHEREAS,, the muskrat industry has become an important
and integral part of the economy of the State of Maryland,
running to approximately $3, 000, 000. per year; and

WHEREAS, Maryland has been the second largest muskrat
trapping area on the North American continent, the catch
running to one and one-half million per year; and

WHEREAS, Dorchester County has been and is the largest
muskrat-trapping area in the State of Maryland, the indus-