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VETOES

(3)  The actual cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds
shall be paid to the Treasurer and shall be first applied to
the payment of the expenses of issuing and delivering the
bonds unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided
and thereafter shall be credited on the books of the State
Comptroller and expended, upon approval by the Board of
Public Works, for the following public purposes, including
any applicable architects' and engineers' fees: to fund the
Automatic Sprinkler System Loan Program that provides loans
to persons who equip certain buildings with fire fighting
sprinkler systems.

(4)  There is hereby levied and imposed an annual State
tax on all assessable property in the State in rate and
amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on
the bonds as and when due and until paid in full, such
principal to be discharged within fifteen years of the date
of issue of the bonds.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect on June 1, 1981, contingent upon the

taking effect of Chapter _____ of the Acts of 1981 (llr)440)

(S.B. 551) and Chapter ____ of the Acts of 1981 (llr2041)

(S.B. 550) and if Chapter _____ and Chapter____ do not

become effective, this Act shall be null and void without
the necessity of further action by the General Assembly.

May 19, 1981
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 549.

This bill authorizes the creation of a $500,000 State
debt for funding the Automatic Sprinkler System Loan
Program, which would provide loans to persons who equip
certain buildings with sprinkler systems.

The Attorney General has advised me that this Act is
contingent upon the passage of Senate Bills 550 and 551.
Since neither of these bills was passed by the General
Assembly, Senate Bill 549 is null and void. A copy of the
Opinion of the Attorney General is attached and should be
considered as part of this veto message.

For this reason I have decided to veto Senate Bill 549.