1998 VETOES.

conditions the cost of road construction is 50% more than in
1940.

. In-. addition, the Commission lays particular emphasis on
another important consideration. Unless the road were re-
built, under existing State standards, it would be undesirable
to have it as a part of the State system. It is true that
substantial improvement to the road could be made and that it
could be maintained as a useful County road, sufficient for
necessary purposes. Whether the people of the County would
consider a substantial outlay as justifiable is also to be borne
in mind.

A traffic check made on this roadway shows that the average
number of vehicles using it was 34 daily.

In view of all of the above facts, I feel compelled to veto
the Bill.

SEWAGE.

Chapter 961 (Senate Bill 613). The State Department of
Health, through its Director, Dr. Robert H. Riley, advises that
the present laws vest sufficient authority in the State Board of
Health over water supplies and the disposal of sewage.

The Director states that this enactment would be ill-advised
because it would prohibit the disposal of sewerage in a leaching
cesspool under existing practices maintained throughout the
State.

In view of the fact that the Director of Health urges the veto
of this measure and also in view of the fact that the Montgom-
ery County representatives who previously favored the Bill
now express themselves as satisfied with its disapproval, I
am vetoing it.

SMALL LOANS.

Chapter 762 (Senate Bill 95). This Bill relates to the sub-
ject matter covered (insurance in connection with small loans)
by House Bill No. 790 which is now Chapter 679 and which
has been approved by me.

At the public hearing on controversial measures, representa-
tives of both the proponents and opponents of the new legisla-
tion, requested me to veto the Bill.

Accordingly, I am disapproving the measure.

SOMERSET COUNTY.

Chapter 941 (Senate Bill 584). The above entitled measure
undertakes to place the appointment of the road superintendent
for Somerset County in the hands of the County Commissioners