THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 2127

The Police Commissioner opposes the proposed Bill because
of possible disruption of the routine of the Baltimore City
Police Department. Since under the State-wide law there is no
limitation on the number of times a case can be removed from
one magistrate to another, the Bill might well permit "shop-
ping around" for a magistrate, who tends to favor the particu-
lar kind of case involved. The Attorney General advises that
he does not feel that there is any practical or constitutional
right which is not already fully protected by other provisions
of the laws, nor that there is any right of those accused of
crime in Baltimore City which would be helped by the removal
of the provision.

In view of the recommendations of the Attorney General and
the Police Commissioner, in which I concur, I am returning
the Bill herewith without my approval.

Respectfully,

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,

Governor

POULTRY

May 7, 1951

Hon. John C. Luber
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

House Bill No. 483 extends the State licensing function to
a new field, the buying of poultry on credit.

This legislation is far reaching in character and involves an
extension of State regulation into new and uncharted fields.
After discussion with numerous representatives of the poultry
industry and consideration of the various details of the pro-
posed statute, it is my feeling that the subject should be given
further careful study as to the need and desirability of the
legislation and also as to the regulatory machinery itself. Such
caution is dictated especially because of the importance of
the poultry industry in a number of our counties.

I am, therefore, returning herewith House Bill No. 483
without my approval.

Respectfully,

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,
Governor