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Senate Bill No. 285—Mental Health.

AN ACT to repeal Section IE of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume, 1968 Supplement),
title "Health," subtitle "State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene," and
to repeal, in its entirety, Article 59 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition, 1968 Replacement Volume, 1968 Supplement), title "Luna-
tics and Insane" and to enact a new Article 59 to stand in the place of
the Article so repealed and to be under the new title "Mental Hygiene";
providing for the enactment of new statutory provisions for the policy of
the State of Maryland for mental health, defining terms, organization and
administration of the Department of Mental Hygiene, THE SECRETARY
OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE the Commissioner of Mental
Hygiene and their respective rights, powers and duties, rules and regu-
lations, the admission, transfer and release of mentally ill persons, patients'
records, the defense of insanity in criminal cases, organization and admin-
istration of public facilities, their employees, their rights, powers and
duties, the licensing of private facilities, licensing requirements, suspen-
sion and revocation of licenses, financing of mental health services, persons
and governmental units liable for such financing, enforcement of liability,
patients' records and civil rights, penalties, civil and criminal, and relating
generally to all phases of the law pertaining to mental health and mentally
ill persons.

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

The President announced the veto was sustained by roll call as
follows:

Affirmative—None

Negative

Senators—

Mr. President, Anderson, Azrael, Bailey, Bertier, Bertorelli, Bishop, Brubaker,
Byron, Clark, Connolly, Cook, Conroy, Crawford, Curran, Dean, Dean, Emanuel, Finney,
Friedler, Gore, Hall, Hart, Hodges, Hoyer, Hughes H., Lapides, Malkus, McCourt,
McGuirk, Nock, Pine, Schweinhaut, Smelser, Snyder, Staszak, Staten, Steffey, Steinberg,
Stone, Welcome, Wineland.                                                                            Total—41

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

June 20, 1969.

Honorable William S. James
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Consti-
tution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 332 and am returning it to you.

This Bill prohibits all retail establishments licensed or regulated
under Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland from using to pro-
mote sales any games or contests whereby persons may receive gifts, prizes
or gratuities as determined by chance.

I am personally opposed to the use of these games by retail establish-
ments, and I would favor their abolition by legislation in any segment of
retailing where there is a general consensus that they should be abolished.
Thus, when I was Speaker of the House of Delegates during the 1968