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re-enact, with amendments, Section 107 of said Code, as last
amended by Chapter 708 of the Acts of 1959, reconstituting the
County Commissioner Districts in Cecil County, providing gen-
erally for the manner in which County Commissioners shall be
elected and in which vacancies in such offices shall be filled, in-
creasing the annual salary of the County Commissioners and pro-
viding for a travel allowance, relating to the duties of the members
of the Board of County Commissioners of Cecil County, providing
for the organization and functioning of this Board, and relating
generally to the Board of County Commissioners of Cecil County.

The Speaker put the question: Shall the bill pass notwithstanding
the objections of the Executive?

AFFIRMATIVE—NONE
NEGATIVE

Messrs. —

Speaker, Combs, Fowler, Boyer, Joiner, Brockmeyer, Larrimore, McNulty, Melvin,
Ridout, Whitmore, Dowell, Hance, Linton, Mitchell, Boone, Culver, MacDaniel, Maguire,
Staten, Tyler, Harrison, Latham, Lowe, Long, Parks, Quinn, Bennett, Corkran,
Matthews, Merryweather, Burkley, Harris, Mackie, Garbelman, Machen, Nichols,
Sasscer, Sickles, Eaton, Risley, Hickman, Pilchard, Polk, Collins, Houck, Smelser,
Utterback, Virts, Getz, Hess, Moore, Davis, Blades, Bullock, Dembowski, Kosakowski,
Nowakowski, Silk, Walters, Antonelli, Behounek, Hedrick, Holub, Panuska, Urban,
Acker, Brooks, Curran, Gallagher, McNeal, O'Malley, Abramson, Dixon, Friedman,
Robinson, Rombro, Welcome, Bacharach, Cardin, Mandel, Resnick, Silver, Stark,
Baumann, Baynes, Bittner, Corrigan, McGuirk, Cohill, Coss, Geiger, Huyett, Mason,
McElwee, Barbee, Cook, (E. P. ), Lee, Walker, Woodward, Conlon, Cook, (N. S. ),
Driscoll, Kelley, Reed, Walsh, Hahn, Hale, Magin, O'Farrell, Clark, Murray, Caldwell,
Cannon, Hanna, White, Bray, Buckel, Savage. Total—119

The Speaker announced the veto was sustained.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

May 8, 1961.

The Honorable Perry O. Wilkinson
Speaker of the House
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

I am today vetoing House Bill No. 585, and in accordance with the
provisions of Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Constitution,
I am returning the same to you, along with my veto message.

House Bill No. 585 is a Somerset County local Bill. The intent of
the Bill is to increase the civil jurisdiction of Trial Magistrates in
Somerset County from the maximum of $200 to an amount not to
exceed $500.

On March 16, 1961, the President of the Somerset County Bar
Association wrote my office and advised that the entire Bar Associa-
tion, with the exception of one member, was in opposition to the Bill.
He stated that it was the feeling of the Bar Association that if this
legislation became law, it would give rise to a greater opportunity
for the unauthorized practice of law in Somerset County.

My office has also discussed this Bill with Honorable E. McMaster
Duer, Judge of the Circuit Court for Somerset County. Judge Duer
advises that, in his opinion, the Bill is unnecessary and undesirable.