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The Attorney General has advised me that House Bill 218 is
defective because of the failure to include certain necessary ref-
erences in one section of the bill. For the reasons given in the attached
copy of the Attorney General's opinion, which is to be considered a
part of this message, I believe that this measure must be vetoed.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel,

Governor.

Letter from State Law Department on House Bill No. 218

April 29, 1971.

Honorable Marvin Mandel
Governor of Maryland
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Re: House Bills 218 and 799
Dear Governor Mandel:

I have reviewed House Bills 218 and 799 for legal sufficiency.

Section (d) of House Bill 218 obviously intended to provide that
great-grandparents would inherit, by representation, in the event a
decedent was not survived by parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents,
or the issue of any of these. However, inadvertently, Section (d)
fails to refer to or exclude brothers, sisters, or their issue, and I feel
the bill is, therefore, defective. If enacted, unintended legal contests
could develop between brothers, sisters, or their issue, on the one
hand, and great-grandparents, or their issue, on the other hand, over
the right to inherit.

House Bill 799 should not be enacted into law if House Bill 218
is vetoed. House Bill 799 establishes the methods for determining
representation for the issue of grandparents and great-grandparents.
However, without the amending effect of House Bill 218, Section
3-104 of Article 93 of the Maryland Code prohibits the taking, by
representation, of the issue of grandparents or great-grandparents.
Furthermore, the language of Section 2 of House Bill 799 would, in
my opinion, present difficult problems of interpretation.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ Francis B. Burch,

Attorney General.

House Bill No. 228—Industrial Finance and Small Loan Companies

AN ACT to add new Section 67A to Article 11 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement),

title "Banks and Trust Companies," subtitle "General Regulations,"

to follow immediately after Section 67 thereof; to add new Section
196A to Article 11 of the Code, title "Banks and Trust Companies,"
subtitle "Industrial Finance Companies," to follow immediately after