46                             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                    [June 22

Dize, Burkheimer, Mackie, Menes, Mothershead, Banning, Hull, King, Weile, Bagley,
Donovan, McDonough, Hickman (R.), Houck, Remsberg, Virts, Greer, Hess, Scarff,
Hargreaves, Antonelli, Holub, Kent, Murphy, Rutkowski, Wyatt, Donaldson, Grum-
bacher, Clarke, Cronin, Lady, Scott, Whalen, Whitney, Becker, Bell, Blondes, Cook
(E. P.), Crawford, Zander, Wiser, Beall, Cook (N. S.), Evans, Reed, Matthews (R. C),
Yingling, Burgess, Aiken.                                                                             Total—78

The Speaker announced the veto was sustained.

May 4, 1967.

Honorable William S. James
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

Vetoed and returned to you in accordance with Section 17 of
Article II of the Maryland Constitution is Senate Bill 569, which
would create a full-time Parole Board and staff separate from the
present Department of Parole and Probation. Although I am gen-
erally in accord with the objectives of the bill, existing circum-
stances indicate that the bill is premature and that the entire matter
should probably be studied further by the Legislative Council.

In the first place, there is no appropriation in the current budget
for an independent board and staff. Although a transfer of funds
could probably be arranged to solve this problem, I do not feel that
such a procedure is desirable in the absence of a genuine emergency.

Secondly, we are on the verge of designating a new Director of
our Correctional System. It would be wise for us to allow him maxi-
mum flexibility in suggesting the most effective structure for our
system, inasmuch as he will be substantially responsible for the
successful implementation of whatever change is adopted.

Finally, although I favor an autonomous full-time Parole Board,
I am not totally convinced of the proper staffing decision. There is
quite a difference of opinion among the experts. This makes it even
more important that our new head of Corrections be heard on this
subject.

Although I am compelled to veto the bill at this time, it is with
the hope that the principle objectives of the legislation can be more
effectively accomplished by the General Assembly in 1968.

Sincerely yours,

(s) Spiro T. Agnew,

Governor.

Senate Bill No. 569—By Senators Snyder, Bishop, Byron, Hoyer
and Welcome.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 109,
117, 110, 111, 112,113,119, 124 and 126 of Article 41 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Governor—
Executive and Administrative Departments", subtitle "The Executive
Department", subheading "Department of Parole and Probation";
to repeal Sections 108 and 116, 116 AND 117 of the said Article,