1486                                      Vetoes

tration", amending the laws concerning the disposition of unex-
pended funds from the issue of certificates of indebtedness for
certain capital expenditures and relating generally to capital ex-
penditures, certificates of indebtedness, and the disposition of the
proceeds of such certificates of indebtedness.

May 4, 1959.

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

Dear Mr. President:

After consultations with the Budget Director and others, I find it
necessary to veto Senate Bill 419, passed by the recent session of the
General Assembly.

In compliance with Article 2, Section 17 of the Maryland Consti-
tution, I am returning this Bill to you, along with my reasons for
vetoing same.

This Bill provides for transfer of unexpended balances from cer-
tain General Construction Loan Acts to the Annuity Bond Fund.
Some of the balances which would be affected have been earmarked
by the Board of Public Works under the provisions of the law as
currently in effect (Article 15-A, Section 3) for the undertaking of
other projects. Among these projects are: The proposed Construc-
tion of an Auditorium and Rehabilitation Wing for Deer's Head
State Hospital from funds in the General Construction Loan of 1952;
Construction of a New Access Road to Henryton State Hospital, from
funds in the General Construction Loan of 1949, to which supple-
mentary funds are added in the General Construction Loan of 1959;
Participation by the State in the Construction of a Sewage System
for the Town of Princess Anne, by reason of the location of Maryland
State College in Princess Anne from funds in the General Construc-
tion Loan of 1949, which were supplemented by legislative action in
the General Construction Loan of 1959; Construction of a Wing to the
Existing Dining Hall at the Maryland Penitentiary from funds in
the General Construction Loan of 1949 and the General Construction
Loan of 1951; Construction of an Administration and Research
Building for the Department of Research and Education at Solomons
Island from funds in the General Construction Loan of 1951, which
have been supplemented by funds in the General Construction Loan
of 1959.

Since all of these, and other projects planned from unexpended
funds, are worthy and necessary, it would seem to me unwise to per-
mit the reversion of these funds. This is particularly so when con-
sidering that new appropriations would have to be requested in
future years for these projects, with the attendant loss of time and
funds in the payment of design fees. These results of Senate Bill
419, together with the advice of the Attorney General that the affected
unexpended funds must be committed by 1 June 1959, prior to the