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THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 31
HIS BUDGET PROGRAM TO THE GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY IN EACH AND EVERY YEAR PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 52 OF ARTICLE
3 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND, THE
GOVERNOR SHALL PLACE THEREIN AN ITEM
COVERING THE REQUIRED PAYMENTS FOR THE
FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR OF THE PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST DUE ON THE CERTIFICATES OF
INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED UNDER THIS ACT. SAID
FUNDS SHALL BE TAKEN FROM THE GENERAL
FUNDS OF THIS STATE AND SHALL BE PAID OVER
FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND IN-
TEREST ON THE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTED-
NESS ISSUED UNDER THIS ACT DURING SUCH
FISCAL YEAR. NO LEVY OR PARTIAL LEVY SHALL
BE MADE OF THE TAXES IMPOSED UNDER THE
PRECEDING SECTION OF THIS ACT EXCEPT IN
THE EVENT THAT FUNDS ARE NOT PRESENT
AND AVAILABLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST AS REQUIRED IN THIS
SECTION.1
SEC. 8 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.
This bill was passed at the 1953 session of the General As-
sembly and was signed by the Governor on May 6, 1953, becom-
ing Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1953. Utilizing the power con-
tained in Section 17 of Article 2 of the Constitution of Maryland
to disapprove any item in a bill making appropriations of money
embracing distinct items, the Governor on May 6, 1953, expressly
disapproved and vetoed three items in the bill. They were,
respectively, an item of $4,000. for a trailer for the Department
of Research and Education, an item of $250,000. for building a
gymnasium and field house at Washington College at Chester-
town, and an item of $250,000 for constructing a men's dormitory
at Western Maryland College in Westminster. Under another
portion of Section 17 of Article 2 of the Constitution ivhich re-
quires that bills vetoed after adjournment of the Legislature
must be returned by the Governor to the next regular or special
session of the General Assembly, these three vetoed items were
returned at the 1954 session. On February 4, 1954, the Senate
sustained the veto on the first item. Items 2 and 3 were repassed
over the objections of the Governor in the Senate on February 4,
1954, and in the House of Delegates on February 8, 1954. Under
the provisions of the Constitution, these two latter items become
effective on June 1, 1954- The entire bill is reprinted in the
1 This section construed in McKeldin et al. v. Steedman, 98 A. 2d 561
(July 2, 1953).
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