MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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purchase or condemnation, or any other legal means,
of land or property, or any rights therein, within
or without the City of Baltimore (subject to local
government approval for land outside of Baltimore
City); constructing and erecting on said land or
property or on any land or property now or hereafter
owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore new
buildings, structures and facilities and in any
other manner improving and developing said land or
property; the establishment and development of sites
for landfills and the establishment and development
of transfer stations; the acquisition or
installation of equipment needed for or in
connection with any or all of the forementioned
buildings, structures or facilities or other things,
and for doing any and all things necessary, proper
or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any
or all of the matters or things hereinbefore
mentioned; provided, however, that no part of such
proceeds shall be used to pay costs not directly
related to and required for the stated purposes, it
being the intent of this provision to limit the use
of such proceeds to capital expenditures and to
prohibit their use for current expenses of the City;
provided further, that no part of the said proceeds
shall be used for capital improvements to the
facility known as the Reedbird Avenue Incinerator;
and provided further, that nothing contained in
Section 3(b) of this Act shall be construed to
authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
acquire any land or property, or any rights therein,
located outside the boundary lines of Baltimore City
without the approval of the governing body of the
political subdivision in which the land is located;
and authorizing the submission of an ordinance or
ordinances for the purpose stated to the legal
voters of Baltimore City; and providing generally
for the issuance and sale of the certificates of
indebtedness.

May 17, 1976.
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
1770.

This bill authorizes Baltimore City to issue bonds
in an amount not exceeding sixteen million dollars to
improve incinerator No. 1 and to construct a related