1678                                      VETOES

House Bill No. 299 is a local Baltimore County bill and contains
the same language as Senate Bill 613, which I have already signed and
which is now Chapter 174 of the Acts of 1965.

With kindest personal regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

(S) J. MILLARD TAWES,

Governor.

House Bill No. 306—Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties—

Juvenile Causes

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 52
(c), 53, and 55 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition and 1964 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Juvenile
Causes;" and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 75

(c) and (d), 76 (h), and 86 (a) of said Article of the Code, subtitle

"Juvenile Causes in Montgomery County ;"and to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 92 of said Article of the Code (1957 Edi-
tion), subtitle "Minors Without Proper Care or Guardianship;"
amending certain laws and parts of laws in this State concerning
Juvenile Courts and juvenile causes and the care or guardianship of
minors in order to make uniform through CHANGING the State
the age of those minors subject to the jurisdiction of Juvenile Courts
of this State over minors and adults in certain juvenile cases and
causes and to the care or guardianship of minors IN ANNE ARUN-
DEL AND BALTIMORE COUNTIES.

May 4, 1965.

Honorable Marvin Mandel
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Con-
stitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 306, 1965 Session, and I am
returning this bill along with my veto message.

This bill amends certain Sections of Article 26 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, changing the age of those minors subject to the
jurisdiction of the Juvenile Courts of this State in Anne Arundel and
Baltimore counties.

It may well be that the Juvenile Court age limit should be
lowered, but I believe the paramount issue to be one of Statewide
uniformity. The General Assembly apparently agrees with this
principle since it enacted S.J.R. 28, calling upon the Legislative Coun-
cil to undertake a study of the proper jurisdiction of the Juvenile
Courts before setting a Statewide juvenile age. The Legislative Coun-
cil has been directed to complete its study before the 1966 session of
the General Assembly. I believe it the wiser course of action to wait
until then before attempting to alter Juvenile Court age limits.