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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 3147
House Bill No. 1117 - Secretary of State's
Appointments List
AN ACT concerning
Secretary of State - Compilation of [[Appointments List]]
Lists
FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of State to
compile annually [[a public list]] certain lists of
certain gubernatorial [[appointments to contain
certain specified information,]] appointees;
specifying certain information to be contained in
the lists; lettering the section; and generally
relating to the duties of the Secretary of State
with respect to [[this list]] these lists.
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
1117.
This bill requires the Secretary of State to compile
each January (a) a list of certain civil officers
appointed by the Governor and (b) a list of such officers
whose terms expire within the twelve months following.
These lists are made a matter of public record and
available to any person upon request.
Presently, the very information required to be
compiled by House Bill 1117, with the exception of
salaries, is available in the Maryland Manual, a
publication issued by the Secretary of State every two
years and distributed without charge to public libraries,
agencies of State and county government, all school
libraries, members of the General Assembly, and others as
prescribed in Article 41, Sections 104—106 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland. The salaries of these
officers are contained in the Annual State Budget, which
is also available to the General Assembly, government
agencies, libraries, and, upon request, to the public at
large.
House Bill 1117 would thus provide no information
not already available to the public, and its effect would
be merely to place an unnecessary burden on the Secretary
of State, possibly entailing additional staff and its
concomitant expense. The Secretary of State is already
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