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of capital improvements for the Department of Motor Vehicles and
the Department of Maryland State Police as set out herein shall be
paid from the fines and other receipts of the Department of Motor
Vehicles, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 341 (d-3) of
Article 66¹/₂ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Supplement)
and the cost of debt service for bonds issued for this purpose shall
not be included by the Board of Public Works in determining the
tax rate under the provisions of this Section unless the revenues
from the fines and other receipts of said Department of Motor
Vehicles be insufficient to provide necessary funds to pay the prin-
cipal and interest on such bonds.

All matters committed by this Act to the discretion of the Board
of Public Works shall be determined by a majority of said Board.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That, except as otherwise
indicated herein, moneys derived from the sale of Certificates of
Indebtedness authorized by this Act shall be used only for capital
improvements and for no other purpose. In determining whether an
expenditure represents a capital improvement, the Board of Public
Works shall be guided by the principle that a capital improvement
is an improvement, the useful life of which shall be at least equal to
the life of the bonds or Certificates of Indebtedness by which it is
financed.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved, May 4, 1967.

GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT ON CHAPTER 759 (House Bill 81)

I hereby approve House Bill No. 81 except for the following enum-
erated items which I hereby expressly disapprove and veto in accordance
with the power and authority conferred upon me by Article II, Section 17,
of the Constitution of Maryland:                                           

1.   Section 5(E) (2) (B) relating to an appropriation of $200,000
for the first stage of construction of golf course in the Sweet Air
recreation area; (Page 5—Lines 1la through 11c).

2.   With respect to Section 5(E) (5) (a) relating to an appropri-
ation of $700,000 for the acquisition of additional land for the
Seneca Creek State Park, I hereby approve so much of this item
which appropriates $500,000 for this purpose and disapprove the
remainder of $200,000. (Page 6—Lines 24 through 25a).

Item veto No. 1 sustained by the General Assembly on June 22, 1967.
Item veto No. 2 overridden by the General Assembly on June 22, 1967.