MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        2765

(10)   With respect to Item (M)(1)(1), this
appropriates $10,000 to restore and renovate the Severn
Crossroads Concert Theatre in Anne Arundel County. Funds
for this purpose have already been authorized by the
Board of Public Works from its contingency fund, and this
appropriation is therefore unnecessary.

(11)   Finally, with respect to Item (M)(1) (m) , this
appropriates $55,000, subject to certain contingencies,
to place the Bollman Water—Main Bridge, formerly located
on Lombard Street in Baltimore City, at the Dickeyville
Mill. According to the Department of General Services,
the necessary rights of way and maintenance agreements,
which are conditions to the appropriation, have not been
resolved. Moreover, the Department has advised me that
the cost estimates for this project are insufficient, and
that no commitments for any other funding have been
received.

This project may be a worthwhile one, but I think
that these matters should be resolved before committing
funds to it.

Sincerely,
Marvin Mandel
Governor

Senate Bill No. 399 — Evidence in Rape Cases

AN ACT concerning

[[Sexual Offenses]] Rape - Admissibility of Evidence

FOR the purpose of excluding in a rape trial certain

reputation or opinion evidence concerning the
victim's chastity; limiting the admission of
evidence concerning specific instances of the
victim's prior sexual conduct; and establishing
procedures to determine the admissibility of
evidence concerning specific instances of prior
sexual conduct; and generally relating to the
admissibility of evidence.

May 17, 1976.
Honorable Steny H. Hoyer
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404