3656

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 886

Civic Association, Inc., for the
restoration and preparation for civic
use of the masonic building of
Chesapeake City, Cecil County, subject
to the requirement that the Association
grant and convey an historic easement in
the said property to the Maryland
Historical Trust.................10,000"

(4)    Item J1(k) appearing on page 38 of the bill,
entitled

"(k) Grant to the Colonial Charlestown
Commission for acquisition of "The Tory
House," Charlestown, contingent upon the
community, the town of Charlestown,
assuming responsibility for all costs of
alteration, repairs and operations;
subject to the requirement that the
Commission grant and convey an historic
easement in the said property to the
Maryland Historical Trust........13,000"

(5)    Item J1(1) appearing on page 38 of the bill,
entitled

"(1) Grant to the Society for the
Preservation of Maryland. Antiquities,
Inc., for preparation to exhibit Rogers
Tavern in Perryville, Cecil County;
subject to the requirement that the
Society grant and convey an Historic
Easement to the Maryland Historical
Trust.............................5,000"

My reasons for vetoing these items are as follows:

With respect to Item F1(h), this appropriates
$90,000 for preliminary plans for a biology building at
the College Park Campus of the University of Maryland.
This project is premature. The site for the proposed
building is presently occupied by another facility
housing the Department of Agriculture Engineering, which
cannot be relocated until Phase II, Animal Sciences
Building is constructed. The construction of that
building has not yet commenced; and, in fact, the
University has only recently requested approval for the
planning of the Animal Sciences Building.

With respect to Item G1(d), this appropriates
$2,100,000 to assist in converting the existing Student
Center at Bowie State College into a central dining
facility. It has been the policy of the State for many
years that facilities such as this, which are ancillary