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VETOES

would, however, impose an undue burden on the courts, which
would be required to individually determine allowable
commissions in cases where there is no pre—existing
agreement since no statutory schedule is residually
applicable where the parties have not agreed. The need for
such determinations is inconsistent with the Maryland
tradition of informal trust administrations. The bill would
either inject the courts into making detailed reviews of
trustees' petitions in a large number of estates or would
require them to promulgate schedules of allowable
commissions, an essentially legislative function.

For these reasons, I have been asked by the Maryland
Court Administrator and by the Section Council of the
Section of Estates and Trusts of the Maryland Bar
Association to veto the bill. Finding these reasons to be
persuasive, I have decided to veto House Bill 55.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

House Bill No. 143

AN ACT concerning

Bear Creek Bridges

FOR the purpose of transferring title to the Bear Creek
bridges to Baltimore County, Maryland as of a certain
date under a certain condition; prohibiting the
charging of tolls on these bridges; relating generally
to the Bear Creek bridges in Baltimore County; and
making this Act contingent on the passage of another
measure.

May 29, 1979
Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin
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 143.