J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1693

partment. The studies being conducted by this Committee are well
under way and the conclusions reached by the Committee should be
available prior to the next session of the General Assembly.

The Attorney General has advised me that the subject matter of
this Bill is included within the scope of the studies being conducted
by the Committee. I feel, therefore, that we should have the benefit
of the views of the Committee before enacting this type of legislation.
Accordingly, I am vetoing House Bill 1193.

With kindest personal regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

(s) J. MILLARD TAWES,

Governor.

House Bill No. 1204—Baltimore County Sheriff

AN ACT to add new Section 32 (g) to Article 66˝ of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement), title
"Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Administration-Registration-Titling," to
follow immediately after Section 32 (f) thereof, providing for the
issuance of special motor vehicle registration plates for members of
the Sheriff's Office of Baltimore County.

May 4, 1965.

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

Dear Mr. Speaker:

I have today vetoed House Bill 1204 and, in accordance with our
constitutional provisions, I am returning the same to you along with
my veto message.

The bill provides for the issuance of a special motor vehicle
registration plate by the Department of Motor Vehicles for the
private automobiles of the sheriff of Baltimore County and his
deputies. In addition to this, it provides that the letters and numerals
on the registration plate shall not be less than three inches high and
in strokes of not less than one quarter of an inch in width. It also
provides that the plate is to have an inscription designating the
owner's official office by letters and numerals in lieu of the numerals
required to be displayed on privately owned vehicles under the present
law.

It is my feeling that to write this bill into law would bring about
an unwieldy and unworkable situation.

To comply with the size requirements of the letters and numerals
as stated in the bill would require the registration plate to be of much
greater size than would be displayed on other privately and publicly
owned vehicles. To print the word "sheriff" would require a plate
twelve inches long and to add "Baltimore County" would increase its
width to twelve inches. To follow through with this same formula,