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their obligations, and approval of Senate Bill 48 now would
benefit very few school teachers but would be merely the
granting of an additional State subsidy to the city and
county treasuries. I am opposed to increasing such sub-
sidies because I believe they are based on deception of the
taxpayers and tend toward the weakening of local govern-
ment.

Finally, with your cooperation and that of the Speaker of
the House of Delegates, I intend to comply at an early date
with the request of the Legislature, as set forth in Senate
Joint Resolution No. 1, for the appointment of a commission
to study the problems of the schools, particularly in regard
to the fiscal relationships of the State Government and
those of its political subdivisions. Since we should have a
report by that commission, to approve at this time a bill
which might or might not be in accord with the commis-
sion's recommendations.

With highest regards, I am

Sincerely,

Theodore R. McKeldin,
TRMcK :Q/j s                         Governor

TIDEWATER FISHERIES COMMISSION

March 27, 1952
Honorable John C. Luber
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

House Bill No. 98 is herewith returned without my ap-
proval.

This Bill provides that at least one member of the Com-
mission of Tidewater Fisheries shall be or shall have been
within five years of his appointment actively engaged in the
taking of seafood within Maryland waters.

By requiring that one of a three member commission be
the representative of a particular phase of the seafood in-
dustry I believe the State would give special representation
to those engaged in the taking of seafood and denying others
of special representation on the Commission. If it is neces-
sary that the watermen have a representative on the Com-
mission in order to have their interests duly considered then
it is only logical that each branch of the seafood industry