THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 2131

Under the Home Rule amendment of the State Constitution,
local legislation of this character is probably more appropriate
for legislative action by the City than by the State.

It should further be noted that the Bill probably imposes
improper burdens upon the Clerk of Courts authorized to issue
the licenses for sales under the Bill. The Clerk is required not
only to determine that the statements in the application are
true, but also that the conduct of the sale will not be injurious
to the peace, health, safety and welfare of the people of the
State of Maryland. The Clerk would further be required to
investigate violations and make determinations as to whether
or not the license should be revoked. As to the inventory
required by the Bill to be filed with an application for a license
certain of the. details required as to the inventory may be im-
proper or unduly difficult. Further consideration should be
given to the reasonableness of each of the requirements as
applied to both small and large businesses in any redrafting of
the Bill.

At this time I am returning the Bill herewith without my
approval.

Respectfully,

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,

Governor

SOCIAL SECURITY

March 27, 1951

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

Dear Mr. President:

I am returning herewith Senate Bill No. 193 without my
approval. ¹

The Honorable Hall Hammond, Attorney General, was re-
quested to advise me as to its form and legal sufficiency and
has made the following comments:

"Senate Bill No. 193 purports to authorize the County Com-
missioners of Howard County to enter into an agreement with
the Federal Security Administrator for the purpose of ex-
tending to certain employees of Howard County the benefits
of Federal Social Security coverage, as authorized by the 1950
Amendments to the Federal Social Security Act. In my
opinion, the effect of the bill would be purely nugatory in that
the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950 specifically pro-
vide that agreements to extend Social Security coverage to

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¹ This veto was sustained by the Senate on March 27, 1951.