HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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constitutionality of the drivers license suspension
provision;

WHEREAS, This drivers suspension idea should first be
tried and tested under the criminal statute instead of
decriminalizing these offenses;

WHEREAS, A number of organizations, individuals and
members of the media have asked the Governor to veto this
bill;

WHEREAS, This bill will be detrimental to effective
enforcement of alcoholic beverage violations and add to the
harassment of the citizens by intoxicated individuals; now,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the members of the Baltimore City
Council hereby request Governor Harry R. Hughes to veto H.B.
1678, and that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to
Governor Harry R. Hughes as soon as possible.

House Bill No. 1694
AN ACT concerning

Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester and Wicomico
Counties - Use of Crab Pots by Landowners

FOR the purpose of deleting Worcester County from the
current requirements that restrict the use of crab pots
by landowners in certain counties; setting certain
restrictions on the use of crab pots by landowners in

Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester and Wicomico

counties; and generally relating to catching crabs from
tidewater shoreline property.

May 27, 1980
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 1694.

This bill would allow a shoreline property owner in
Somerset and Wicomico Counties to set up to four crab pots
from his property.