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letter to my office from the Attorney General's office, which is to be con-
sidered part of this message, I must veto House Bill 27.

The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, the
Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Maryland, and my office, have
already begun to re-draft House Bill 27 to remove the inconsistencies
between that Bill and Senate Bill 404. The amended version of House Bill
27 will be introduced at the 1970 session of the General Assembly.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel,

Governor.
Read and journalized.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Baltimore, Md., April 7, 1969.

John Eldridge, Esq.
Executive Department
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Re: H. B. 27 and S. B. 404
Dear Jack:

We have previously approved both H. B. 27 and S. B. 404 as to
constitutionality and legal sufficiency.

On comparing these two measures, it appears that there is an irrecon-
cilable conflict between them which cannot be resolved merely by having
H. B. 27 signed prior to S. B. 404. We believe, therefore, that the Governor
should determine which of these two measures is the more desirable, sign
that Bill, and veto the other.

Dr. Everstine has authorized me to advise you that he concurs with
our views herein.

Sincerely,

/s/ Robert F. Sweeney,

Deputy Attorney General.

Vetoed by the Governor—May 28, 1969
House Bill No. 27—By the Speaker (Legislative Council):

An Act to repeal Sections 119 through 149D, inclusive, of Article 43
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1968
Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Practitioners of Medicine," and to
enact new Sections 119 through 136A, inclusive, in lieu thereof, to stand
in the place of the sections repealed, and to renumber Sections 149E
through 149G of the same article and title, subtitle "Abortion" as Sections
137 through 139; and to renumber Sections 149H through 149S of the same
article and title, subtitle "Anatomical Gift Act" as Sections 140 through
151 149B of this article, generally revising the law concerning medical
practices in the State, and providing for the recodification of the subtitles
"Abortion" and "Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."