4022                                                        VETOES

the [4-month] period, SPECIFIED IN § 3-8(B)(2), before the
primary election for which the nomination is sought.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage
shall take effect July 1, 1984.

May 29, 1984
The 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 421.

This bill alters the number of circuit court judges in
Baltimore County, Frederick County, and Prince George's County.

Senate Bill 281, which was passed by the General Assembly
and signed by me on May 8, 1984, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House Bill 421.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

House Bill No. 421

AN ACT concerning

Circuit Court Judges

FOR the purpose of altering the number of circuit court judges in
Baltimore County, Frederick County, and Prince George's
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings