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VETOES

hundred dollars of the entire tax levy for the county.

(2)   In case of special necessity, however, arising
from floods or other unusual damages, he may be authorized by a
unanimous vote of the board of county commissioners to expend
such other sum as it may direct.

(3)  The county commissioner in each commissioner
district shall act as supervisor of roads and bridges in his
commissioner district and shall have exclusive charge and
oversight of said roads and bridges and all repairs thereto.

(4)  Before any bill for work on roads and bridges
shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners, it shall
be first examined and marked "approved" by the commissioner
having charge of the commissioner district in which the work was
done. All bills presented for payment in the office of the
county commissioners shall be at all times open to the inspection
of the public during office hours and under the direction of an
employee of the office.

(5)  Each county commissioner shall inspect all the
public roads and bridges in the commissioner district from which
he is elected, at least twice in every year; one inspection shall
be between the first day of January and the first day of April;
one inspection shall be between the first day of August and the
first day of November. He shall inspect all repairs to the
public roads and bridges in his commissioner district as soon as
possible after such repairs are made, and unless the contract for
said repairs has been fully complied with he shall refuse to
approve the bill for the same.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1984.

May 29, 1984
The Honorable Melvin A. Steinberg
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 819.

This bill prohibits dog fighting in this State and imposes
penalties of a fine or imprisonment or both upon conviction.