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attachment law. The act was held void on the grounds that
it denied equal protection of the laws.

Further, three Delegates to the House from Dorchester
County, Mr. John T. Adams, Mr. D. Floyd Brinsfield and Mr.
Frederick W. Lucas, have all requested that this Bill be vetoed.

For the above reasons, I am returning this Bill without my
approval.

Respectfully,

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,

Governor

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BARBERS

May 7, 1951

Hon. George W. Delia
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. President:

Senate Bill No. 430 proposes to except Allegany County
from the provisions of the State-wide Barber Law, and to set
up a Board of Barber Examiners for Allegany County with
licensing and regulative powers.

Many provisions of the Bill are similar to those which the
Court of Appeals held unconstitutional in the case of Schneider
v. Duer, 170 Md. 326. The Attorney General has expressed
the opinion that the Bill may not only be invalid on the afore-
going, but also because of its restricted application to only one
county of the State which makes it violative of the equal pro-
tection clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of
the United States and Article 23 of the Declaration of Rights
of Maryland. This objection is analogous to that expressed
by me in connection with the veto of Senate Bills Nos. 269
and 287.

For the foregoing reasons I am returning herewith this Bill
without my approval.

Respectfully,

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,

Governor

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