MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                          3141

permit automobile dealers to do business on Sunday. Such
a regional effect is neither needed nor desired by the
automobile industry and its employees.

In addition, while the bill may justifiably relate
to the convenience of the buying public, there has been
no public demand for automobile dealers to remain open on
Sunday. Not one citizen of Charles County has written to
me in support of this bill, although hundreds have
written opposing it. I am informed that most automobile
dealers operate on a 6 day, 75 hour a week schedule,
thereby providing adequate sales service to the consumer.
I am further informed that as financing cannot be
arranged, insurance cannot be finalized, and liens cannot
be determined on Sunday, delivery to the consumer is
impossible.

For these reasons, I have decided to veto House Bill
967.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel

Governor

House Bill No. 1059 — Aid to Nonpublic
Institutions of Higher Education

AN ACT concerning

Higher Education — Aid to Nonpublic Institutions

FOR the purpose of providing an additional qualification
which certain nonpublic institutions of higher
education must meet in order to receive State aid
apportionments, altering the formula by which such
aid is computed for fiscal year- 1975 and for
subsequent years, and relating generally to State
aid to nonpublic institutions of higher education.

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