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would prevail,, that its amendment of Section 26-7 would
be effective and that the full effectiveness of the other
portions of Senate Bill 456 not purporting to amend
Section 26—14 would not be affected. If, on the other
hand, House Bill 603 were signed first, then the amended
version of Section 26—14 contained in Senate Bill 456
would prevail and otherwise the same result would obtain
(i.e., the amendments to Section 26—7(a), 26-11 and 26—13
would be fully effective).

It is, of course, important for many purposes that
the present one year time period for retaining records be
extended. All too frequently it becomes necessary to
have these records available later than one year after
the election and in some instances the records have
already been destroyed as permitted by the present law.

Each of these bills, standing alone, is approved for
constitutionality and legal sufficiency.

Very truly yours,
/s/Francis B. Burch
Attorney General

House Bill No. 651 — Noise Pollution
Control Advisory Council

AN ACT concerning

Noise Pollution Control Advisory Council

FOR the purpose of increasing the membership of the Noise
Pollution Control Advisory Council and requiring the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to appoint an
audiologist as one member of the Noise Pollution
Control Advisory Council.

May 31, 1974.

Honorable John Hanson Briscoe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill
651.

This bill amends Article 43, §695A(a) of the