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which is on the record, and then the Comptroller can reservi
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that amount of the current year's fund at the end of the
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year to cover those obligations of the particular fiscal
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year that the money was appropriated for. Otherwise, it mu
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go back into the general treasury.
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MR, SLICKER: To carry it a step further. Suppos
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ing we were able to cut $1,000,000 out of the Department of
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Education's over-all budget because of these factors. Then
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may be some project, perhaps, that the Governor would like
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to do for Morgan State College, but he may not have enough
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money in the surplus remaining to do it. Whereby, if he
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could cut this $1,000,000 out and then send down a supple-
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mental budget to the legislature for funds he would want to
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use for some other purpose, it would be available. This
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doesn't happen very often, but it could happen.
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DR. JENKINS: May I raise a question, Mr.
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Rennie? If this provision or mandatory provision were not
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in the budget, is it not conceivable that some day Maryland
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would have a very strong Governor who controls the General
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Assembly who either, for reasons of point of view about
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