1504                                          Vetoes

House Bill No. 601—Unexpended Funds for Capital Expenditures

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of Ar-
ticle 15A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Budget and Procurement", sub-title "Budgetary Administration",
amending the laws concerning the disposition of unexpended funds
from the issue of certificates of indebtedness for certain capital
expenditures and relating generally to capital expenditures, cer-
tificates of indebtedness and the disposition of the proceeds of
such certificates of indebtedness.

May 4, 1959.

Honorable Perry O. Wilkinson
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

After consultations with the Budget Director and others, I find
it necessary to veto House Bill 601, passed by the recent session of
the General Assembly.

In compliance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Con-
stitution, 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 Construction
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 Mary-
land State College in Princess Anne, from funds in the General
Construction 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 Gen-
eral 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
permit the reversion of these funds. This is particularly so when
considering 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 House Bill 601,
together with the advice of the Attorney General that the affected
unexpended funds must be committed by 1 June 1959, prior to the