1430                                      VETOES

On May 4 of this year, I received a letter from the Attorney
General, a copy of which is attached and to be considered a part of
this message, advising that in the opinion of that office, the bill was
unconstitutional. In light of this advice, I felt that I could not sign
the same into law.

With kindest regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

(s) J. MILLARD TAWES,

Governor.
Letter from State Law Department on S. B. 480

May 4, 1966.

The Honorable J. Millard Tawes
Governor of Maryland
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Re: Senate Bill 480
Dear Governor Tawes:

I have reviewed Senate Bill 480 and advise your withholding
approval of that Bill because its title indicates that it repeals and
reenacts with amendments Section 673 of Article 66C of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland, but in the body of the Bill in Section 1
thereof, the Legislature failed to repeal and reenact the said Section
673. This omission, which cannot be explained because the error was
in the first reader also, is fatal to this Bill in its present form.

Since the Bill does not do what the title states it does, it is
in contravention of Article III, Section 29 of the Maryland Con-
stitution.

Very truly yours,

(s) Thomas B. Finan,

Attorney General.

Senate Bill No. 496—Somerset and Worcester Counties—Crabs

AN ACT to add new Section 321 to Article 66C of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement), title "Natural Resources," sub-
title "Fish and Fisheries," subheading "Part 3. Crabs, Lobster and
Terrapins," to follow immediately after Section 320 thereof, to pro-
hibit any person other than residents of Somerset and Worcester
Counties respectively from taking crabs from the waters of their
respective counties by means of crab pots. TO ALLOW RESIDENTS
OF WORCESTER AND SOMERSET COUNTIES TO TAKE
CRABS FROM THE WATERS OF EACH COUNTY RESPEC-
TIVELY BY MEANS OF CRAB POTS, TO AUTHORIZE THE