2007 house journal index of days - Maryland General Assembly

Feb. 1, 2007 Maryland House of Delegates 291
The presiding officer announced a quorum call, showing 136 Members present.
(See Roll Call No. 40)
A majority of both the House and the Senate being present, Speaker Busch declared both
bodies in Joint Session.
The House Reading Clerk read the Report of the Committee on the Selection of the
Treasurer:
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND OTHER PAPERS
REPORT OF
THE SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
TO SELECT THE STATE TREASURER
FEBRUARY 1, 2007
JOINT SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MR. PRESIDENT, MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
THE STATE CONSTITUTION REQUESTS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ELECT
A STATE TREASURER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SESSION FOLLOWING A
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION. AT A HEARING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007 TO CONSIDER THE CANDIDATES FOR
STATE TREASURER, THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE INTERVIEWED SEVEN (7) OF
ELEVEN (11) APPLICANTS. TWO (2) APPLICANTS WITHDREW BEFORE THE
HEARING AND TWO (2) APPLICANTS DID NOT APPEAR. AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING, THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE VOTED BY
SECRET BALLOT AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE STATUTE ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE BALLOT CARRY THE NAME OF
EACH PERSON WHO APPLIES AND INCLUDE A PLACE FOR A WRITE-IN
CANDIDATE. THEREFORE, THE BALLOT YOU RECEIVE WILL CONTAIN
SEVEN (7) NAMES.
WHILE A FEW OF THE CANDIDATES APPEARED TO BE QUALIFIED, NO
OTHER CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIQUE BLEND
OF FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL SKILLS REQUIRED OF THE STATE
TREASURER, ONE OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS