MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

3987

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
to the education process and are not used directly for
it, are financed by revenue bonds paid for by student
fees, and not by State general obligation bonds. This is
presently the case at the other State Colleges, and I
believe it would be most unwise to depart from that
policy, especially in light of generally similar projects
now being planned at other State institutions.

With respect to Items J1(j), (k) , and (1), these
appropriate very small amounts for projects that are
required to be submitted by the Maryland Historical Trust
to the Department of State Planning and other agencies
for review and comment. This procedure was not followed
in this instance, and I am advised that there is some
question as to whether these projects would qualify for
inclusion in the General Construction Loan in accordance
with established criteria. Without commenting on the
merits of any of the three appropriations, I believe it
is unwise to circumvent the established procedures of
review in these cases.