Evening star., 1953-05-07
40 Bills Face
'kcKe|din Veto
By Dead|ine
4o Enuctments Left
For Action Today
After He Signs 81
By Gene Goodwin
Star Stoff Correspondent

BY Gene Goodwin
Star Stoff Correspondent
BALTIMORE, May 7.-Gov.
McKeldin was expected to close
the book on the 1858 Maryland
General Assembly today by Veto
ing about 40 of its enactments.
The Governor set the stage for
the veto session when he acted
yesterday on all but 40 of the
bills passed by the Assembly.
He signed 81 bills, definitely
vetoed one and announced he
would veto two others.
Sources close to the Governor
said. however, the veto list would
grow to about 40 before today
ends. Deadline for gubernatorial
action on the measures is to-
morrow midnight.
Slated for Veto.
Bills scheduled to receive Mr..
McKeldin's veto stamp today in
clude measures that would have:
Allowed farmers trading in
farm machinery to pay the
States sales tax only on the diff
ference between the trade-in
price and the price of the new
machine (HB473).
Exempted from the sales tax
all insecticides and fungicides
purchased for agricultural pur-
poses (SB376).
Allowed the Department of
Motor Vehicles to continue to
issue only one license tag
as was done this year and
is in the plans for next
year (SB246). The bill would
have made the one-license tag
system the official State policy,
at saving of over 100000 an
nually. Gov. McKeldin is un-
derstood to believe that the one
tag system should be given a
trial this year and next before it
is adopted for all time.
3O1 Expressway Veto.
Prevented the State Roads
Commission from designating
Route 301 as an expreSsway
(SB469).
Amended the Constitution,
subject to approval of the voters,
to require that all funds re-
ceived from motor vehicle taxes
be dedicated to highway use
(SB112). This one is a political
hot potato. Gov. McKeldin's pol
icy has been to maintain the
State Police Department with
motor vehicle funds, which
makes most Democrats boil.
Authorized special call-letter
auto license plates for ham radio
operators (SB166).
Opened welfare rolls to Kent
County officials (SB204).
Increased Anne Arundel Coun-
ty police pensions to $125 a
month (SB48D.
Prohibited haul seining from
Friday sundown until Monday
sunup in Chesapeake Bay south
Of Bay Bridge (HB266).
Authorized pensions for widows
of former Anne Arundel County
policemen (HB53O.
Directed the State Roads Com
mission to take over and rebuild
two Patapsco River bridges be-
tween Howard and Baltimore
Counties at Avalon and Leicester
(SB492).
LeOnardtOwn Annexation.
Authorized Leonardtown COM
misSioners to annex all land 2
miles in all directions from its
present boundaries (EIB596).
Reorganized the Anne Arundel
County police force (HB664).
Increased from SIS to 500 the
payoff allowed on gambling
wheels at carnivals in counties
where they are now legal
tHB75T.
The Governor still was ponder
ing today whether to veto or sign
a handful Of other bills, includ-
ing a measure to increase from
one to two the number of schol-
arShipS members of the House of
Delegates are allowed to award
to the University of. Maryland
each four years (HB359).
Liquor Patrol Uncertain.
There also was no clear indi-
cation of what action he intends
to take on a bill setting up a
border patrol designed to halt
illegal importation of liquor
from the District of Columbia.
(HB14) and another to ban
drifting gill nets on the Patux-
ent River and it's tributaries
(HB766).
The two bill on which vetoes
definitely were promised today
would have increased the State
liquor tax from $1.25 to $3.50
per gallon. with so cents of the
new levy reverting to Baltimore
City and the counties (HB68O
and would have allowed the city
and counties to place new assess
ments on their tax books annu-
ally (HB13).
Prince Georges Hospital
Boord Members Picked