MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       3059

enumerated programs shall not be transferable or
assignable. It then provides that none of the monies
paid or payable "under this subtitle" is subject to
execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal
process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or
insolvency law. The problem is that the new section 16A
is part of the subtitle "In General", whereas the
programs under which the assistance is paid are not in
that subtitle. This creates a question of statutory
construction as to whether the bill has any effect at
all, other than to repeal the existing exemptions for old
age assistance and assistance for the blind.

For these reasons, I have decided to veto Senate
Bill 10.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel

Governor

Senate Bill No. 58 — Confinement of Juvenile Delinquents
AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes — Confinement of Delinquents

FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain delinquent
juveniles from being confined in certain
institutions.

May 31, 1974.

Honorable William S. James
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill
58.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit delinquent
juveniles under the age of thirteen from being confined
in certain institutions. As originally introduced, the
bill amended §3—832(a) of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article to provide that a child, except a
delinquent child over the age of 12 years, may not be
confined in an institution or other facility designed or
operated for the benefit of delinquent children. In
order to be consistent, the bill further amended
§3-832(c) and §4-514(c) of that Article to provide that