J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             1767

buzzard from the list of unprotected birds in the State, and to
provide that the great horned owl is an unprotected bird in Wash-
ington County AND GARRETT COUNTIES.

May 8, 1961.

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

Dear Mr. Speaker:

I have today vetoed House Bill No. 694 and, in compliance with
Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Constitution, I am returning
the Bill to you, along with my veto message.

This Bill was introduced by the Washington County Delegation,
and was originally designed to remove the buzzard from the list of
unprotected birds in this State and to also provide that the great
horned owl be placed on the list of unprotected birds in Washington
County. The Bill was amended to make the great horned owl an un-
protected bird in Garrett County also.

However, in drafting the amendment, a mistake was made in that
the title of the Bill does not comply with the body of the Bill. The
Attorney General has advised me that because of the above-mentioned
mistake the Bill is unconstitutional.

With kindest personal regards and best wishes, I am

Sincerely yours,

(S) J. MILLARD TAWES,

Governor.
JMT/rnb

House Bill No. 741—State Bonds for Maryland Port Authority

AN ACT to add new Section 8A to Article 62B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960 Supplement), title
"Maryland Port Authority", to follow immediately after Section
8 of said Article; providing for the creation of a State debt in the
amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), the proceeds there-
of to be used for the acquisition of and improvements to port
facilities, said debt being payable from the proceeds of the tax
on net income of certain corporations previously provided for,
subject to the prior use and application thereof for the purpose
of complying with the provisions of Section 8 of said Article as
heretofore amended, from certain payments into the Annuity
Bond Fund by Maryland Port Authority and from the proceeds
of a tax on assessable property hereby levied to the extent neces-
sary to pay the principal of and interest on said debt not paid
from the proceeds of said tax on net income of certain corpora-
tions and from said payments by the Authority into the Annuity
Bond Fund; to appeal REPEAL and re-enact with amendments
Section 283 288 (f) of Article 81 of said Code (1957 Edition, as
amended), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Income Tax", pro-
viding that amounts received from proceeds of the tax imposed by
that Section upon the net income of certain corporations shall be