Evening star., 1951-05-07
Two Measures
Affecting Nearby
Counties Vetoed
McKeIdin Turns Down
More Than so Acts
From Assembly
BY the Associated Press


ANNAPOLIS, May Gov. Nc
Keldin today tore into legislation
passed by the General Assembly
and vetoed more than half of the
approximately 100 acts left for his
consideration
The vetoed measures included:
A proposed extension of the
closing hour for liquor sales in
Prince Georges County from Sat-
urday midnight to 2 am. Sunday.
The county'S General Assembly
delegation has asked him to veto
the measure. Gov. McKeldin said,
and the Prince Georges grand jury
had said it would increase law
leSsneSS in areas near Washington.
McKeldin also vetoed a COM
panion measure to legalize the sale
of liquor in county restaurants on
New Years Day.
Terms Not Clear.
A bill to permit the Montgom-
cry County Council to appoint two
of the five members of the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission The Governor said its
terms were not clear.
The Governor approved meas
ureS increasing harness and half
mile track shares of their betting
pools and revising the mile tracks
Improvement fund. Those were
the major horseracing bills of the
session that ended last month.
He also approved an act author
izing the controller to regulate
discounts in the sale of liquor to
retailers. This had been attacked
by Attorney General Hall Ham
mond and some Senators as i'm
proper price fixing" but defended
by Comptroller j. Millard Tawes.
In addition, Gov. McKeldin
signed measures requiring most
oyster packers to return half their
shells, increasing the tax exemp-
t1on for farm machinery and ban
ming slot machines in Prince
Georges County.
The Governor had announced
over the weekend that he would
reject bills to construct a new
State office building in Annapolis
and broaden the University of
Maryland's powers of self-govern-
ment. He did so today.
He also vetoed, mostly for
technical reasons, these measures:
A proposed State youth COM
mission. Among other things, he
said such an agency would in
vaoe the realms of responsibility
of local governments, schools and
churches"
A series of seafood acts that
would have prohibited the private
leasing of Somerset oyster bottom
after June /, licensed soft-clau
diggerS, required buoys on divid-
ing lines between State and
county water and regulated the
use of gill nets in tidal waters.
An exemption of non-residents
from payment of the motor We
hicle titling tax upon moving into
Maryland.
Sees Loss in Stamp Bill.
A proposed bar against solicit
ing farm labor for work outside
the State without a permit from
the Department of Employment
Security.
An act to allow wine or liquor
distillers and wholesalers to re-
ceive their State tax stamps on
credit. The Governor said this
would cost the State up to $780,
600 on lost revenue during the
coming fiscal year.
An attempt to regulate going
out-of business sales" The at
torney general had told Mr.. Nc
Keldin this measure may be un-
constitutional because, as finally
passed, it applied only to Balti-
more city.
A requirement that the State
purchase only coal mined in
Maryland for its institutions. The
Governor was sympathetic with
the idea, but turned down this
particular measure because it
would have "a discriminatory
effect" against miners who live in
Crellln in Garrett County and
work for Maryland concern
that operates a mine partly in
West Virginia.