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tor from Western Maryland or. Central Maryland who wanted
to persuade laborers on the lower Eastern Shore to move to the
coal mines of Garrett County or the wheat fields of Frederick
would be undisturbed, while a truck farmer in Delaware could
not make the solicitation. It is difficult under these circum-
stances to see a valid basis for classification between interstate
and intrastate solicitation.

A third and similar ground for possible unconsitutionality
is interference with the privileges and immunities of the farm
laborer to move freely from one part of the country to the other.

Fourth, the Bill would grant an adminstrative body or agent
an uncontrolled delegation of legislative power without any
standards or guides. In effect, the Bill would give the agency
or the agent absolute control over the economy of the County
as far as farm labor is concerned.

All of these grounds would seem to add up to a conclusion
that sound legislation and fairness do not combine in the
present Bill.

Very truly yours,

(s) HALL HAMMOND,

Attorney General

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FEES OF OFFICERS

May 7, 1951

Hon. John C. Luber

Speaker of the House of Delegates

State House

Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

House Bill No. 333, which increases certain fees of the equity
courts of Baltimore City is in violation of the constitutional
provision of Section 45 of Article 3, which provides:

"The General Assembly shall provide a simple and uni-
form system of charges in the offices of clerks of courts
and registers of wills in the counties of this State and the
City of Baltimore. "

Therefore, I am returning House Bill No. 333 without my ap-
proval.

Respectfully,

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,

Governor