BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        3107

Department of Public Works is required to provide the
vehicles necessary to transport the personal property.

The effect of this measure is not consistent with its
laudable purpose. Lines 128 through 133 of the bill provide
for the written agreement of the tenant to remove the
personal possessions or be deemed to have abandoned the
property. The agreement may be included routinely as a
provision of the lease and subsequently may be acted upon to
the detriment of the tenant.

If such an agreement exists and the tenant is not
present when the order is enforced, his abandoned
possessions will be removed for summary disposition, without
possible recovery.

I believe that the intention of the sponsor of this
bill is to provide an additional measure of protection to
the personal possessions of a tenant in Baltimore City.
However, I fear that the ultimate result may prove to be
detrimental to the tenant, primarily because of the language
amended into the bill at lines 128 through 133.

For these reasons, although I am reluctant to veto a
local measure, I have decided to veto House Bill 23 5.

Sincerely,
Blair Lee III
Acting Governor

House Bill No. 250 - Medical Treatment — Capacity
of Minor to Consent

AN ACT concerning

Medical Treatment — Capacity of Minor to Consent

FOR the purpose of providing that a minor shall have the
same capacity to consent to medical treatment as an
adult if the minor is the victim of an alleged rape or
sexual offense as an adult to consent to a physical
examination for the purpose of gathering evidence where
the minor is a victim of an alleged rape or sexual
offense.

May 29, 1978
Honorable John Hanson Briscoe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House