1969] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES 35
Treasury, and to provide that certain State agencies shall be operated
only pursuant to appropriations made in accordance with Sections 32 and
52 of Article 3 of the Constitution or pursuant to the provisions of Sections
1 through 15, inclusive of Article 15A of this Code, title "Budget and
Procurement," as amended from time to time.
The Speaker put the question: Shall the bill pass notwithstanding
the objections of the Executive?
Affirmative
Delegates—
Jacobson, Orlinsky, Waxter, Doctor. Total—4
Negative
Delegates—
Mr. Speaker, Briscoe, Fowler, Boyer, Athey, Thomason, Lipin, Burkhead, Connell,
Helms, Allen, Fornos, Anderson, Benner, Compton, Nimmerrichter, Arata, Coolahan,
Malone, Alpert, Rynd, Hopkins, Nice, Price, Hinkel, Jensen, Tyler, Hutchinson,
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, Mc-
Donough, 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, Holub, Sarbanes, Burns, Curran, Hergen-
roeder, Kent, Kricher, 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, Maurer, Zander, Aitken, Wiser, Evans, Reed,
Sloan, Williams, Matthews, Yingling, Burgess, Warfield, Laws, Long, Aiken. Total—138
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 964 and am returning it to you.
This Bill authorizes the County Commissioners of Calvert County to
appoint, with the approval of the County legislative delegation, a zoning
hearing officer or board.
The County Commissioners of Calvert County have written to me,
requesting that I veto the Bill. Their objections to the Bill, as set forth in
their letter, are as follows:
"House Bill 964 appears unnecessary and to the knowledge of the
County Commissioners, this type of Board has never been requested
by any Calvert County citizen. The effect of the Board would be a
duplication of the functions now performed by the County Commis-
sioners. Under Subsection (a), the required approval of the County
Legislative Delegation for a Hearing Examiner or Board would, de
facto, place the ultimate control of this Board in the hands of the
Legislative branch rather than the Executive branch where it belongs.
Subsection (f) provides that the Board of County Commissioners may
veto on any application heard by the Hearing Examiner or Board
'without the necessity of either having attended the public hearing or
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