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is successful in its efforts in the courts, this would result in annual rev-
enues to the State of approximately $.................

Very truly yours,

/s/ Francis B. Burch,
Attorney General.

Vetoed by the Governor—May 28, 1969
House Bill No. 387—By the Allegany County Delegation:

An Act to add new Sections 572-1 to 572-10, inclusive, to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1963 Edition and 1967 Supple-
ment, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Allegany County," to follow immediately after Section 572 thereof and to
be under the new subtitle "Natural Gas," levying a distribution and pro-
duction tax on the business or occupation of collecting, distributing and
producing natural gas or other gases taken from the earth in Allegany
County, providing generally for the powers and duties of the county com-
missioner and of certain other persons with respect to the levying, admin-
istration and collection of this tax and relating generally to the collec-
tion, distribution and production of natural gas or other gases taken from
the earth in Allegany County and to the taxation and regulation thereof.

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, Hutchin-
son, 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,
McDonough, 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, Cronin, Lady, McInerney,
Scott, Whalen, Whitney, Becker, Bell, Blondes, Cook, Doctor, Maurer, Zander,
Aitken, Wiser, Evans, Reed, Sloan, Williams, Matthews, Yingling, Burgess, Warfield,
Laws, Long, Aiken.                                                                                    Total—142

The Speaker announced the veto was sustained.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Annapolis, Md., May 28, 1969.

Honorable Thomas Hunter Lowe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Consti-
tution, I have today vetoed House Bill 506 and am returning it to you.