16                          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                  [Dec. 16

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Annapolis, Md. May 21, 1969.
Honorable Thomas Hunter Lowe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Md.

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Consti-
tution, I have today vetoed House Bill 374 and am returning it to you.

This Bill provides that employees of volunteer ambulance or rescue
squads or volunteer fire departments shall have immunity from civil
damages under certain circumstances.

Senate Bill 676, which was enacted by the General Assembly and was
signed by me on May 14, 1969, accomplishes the same purpose as House
Bill 374 and is in fact broader. Consequently, it is unnecessary for me
to sign House Bill 374.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel,

Governor.
Read and journalized.

Vetoed by the Governor—May 28, 1969
House Bill No. 374—By Delegates Aitken, Allen and Malone:

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 149A(b)
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Practitioners of
Medicine," to provide that members or employees of VOLUNTEER fire
departments on active duty shall not be liable for civil damages for medical
aid, care and assistance rendered at an accident, with exceptions, provided
they have completed certain courses in first aid and requiring only Red
Cross courses of instruction as a prerequisite for all persons to satisfy the
requirements of this section.

The Speaker put the question: Shall the bill pass notwithstanding
the objections of the Executive?

Affirmative—None

Negative
Delegates—

Mr. Speaker, Briscoe, Fowler, Boyer, Athey, Thomason, Lipin, Burkhead, Connell,
Helms, Allen, Fornos, Anderson, Benner, Compton, Nimmerrichter, Arata, Coolahan,
Malone, Alpert, Jacobson, Rynd, Hopkins, Nice, Price, Hinkel, Jensen, Tyler, Hutch-
inson, Jones, Kardash, Schirano, Einschutz, Evans, Rush, Arnick, D'Anna, Minnick,
Dize, Matthews, Burkheimer, Mackie, Dorman, Menes, Mothershead, Banning, Goodman,
Hull, King, Montfort, Santangelo, Weile, Aragona, Bagley, Donovan, Giordano, McDon-
ough, Rummage, Hickman, C. M., Hickman, R. O., Virts, Houck, Remsberg, Greer,
Hess, Osborne, Scarff, Hargreaves, Bonvegna, Bullock, Dypski, Krysiak, Silk, Walters,
Adams, Antonelli, Cassady, Chester, McCarty, Orlinsky, Holub, Sarbanes, Burns,
Curran, Hergenroeder, Kent, Kircher, McQuade, Mooney, O'Brien, Abramson, Brailey,
Dixon, Douglass, Epstein, Lee, Randolph, Abrams, Cardin, Friedman, Resnick, Sklar,
Spector, Waxter, Avara, Baumann, Weisengoff, Freeberger_; Murphy, Rutkowski, Wyatt,
Donaldson, Grumbacher, Hoffman, Wright, Clarke, Cronm, Lady, McInerney, Scott,
Whalen, Whitney, Becker, Bell, Blondes, Cook, Docter, Maurer, Zander, Aitken,
Wiser, Evans, Reed, Sloan, Williams, Matthews, Yingling, Burgess, Warfield, Laws,
Long, Aiken.                                                                                               Total—142

The Speaker announced the veto was sustained.