MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                          3145

and a new section was added in its place. As enacted the
bill provides that if an adjudicatory hearing is held
before a master and exceptions are taken, the judgment
imposed by the master is not a final order as provided in
Section 12—701 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Article.

I have received a letter from the Director of the
Administrative Office of the Courts conveying very
serious reservations about the bill expressed by the
Conference of Circuit Administrative Judges. A copy of
the letter is attached to and should be considered a part
of this veto message.

For the reasons set forth in the Director's letter,
I have decided to veto House Bill 1111.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel

Governor

Letter from Director of Administrative Office of the
Courts on H.B. 1111

May 21, 1974.

Alan Wilner, Esq.

Chief Legislative Officer

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Re: H.B. 1111
Dear Mr. Wilner:

Yesterday the Conference of Circuit Administrative
Judges considered the above bill and requested that I
pass on to you their views about it.

To begin with, it would seem fairly clear that the
bill is unconstitutional since the title describes it as
having to do with "providing for a stay of a final
judgment of a juvenile court pending appeal, in certain
situations". In its original form, the bill did
precisely that. However, the statutory text contained in
the bill now reads: "If the adjudicatory hearing is held
before a master and exceptions are taken, the judgment
imposed by the master is not a final order as provided in
Section 12-701."

This language does not provide for a stay of any
judgment. It simply provides that the "judgment imposed