Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
10 Vetoed Bills
0verridden by
Legislators
Delegates Upset 3;
Senators 7; Liquor
Tax Bill Held Over
BY q stoff Correspondent Of The stor

BY q Stoff Correspondent Of The Star
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 5.-Ten OF
the AZ bills vetoed by Gov. Nc
Keldin after the 1858 session of
the Maryland Legislature were
still alive today and awaiting
final action in either the Senate
or House.
The Senate was to act on three
vetoes overridden by the House
of Delegates yesterday and the
lower chamber faced decision on
seven vetoes overridden in the
Senate.
1t takes three-fifths majority
of both houses to override q
Governors veto. @
The Republican Governor
more than held his own yester-
day, considering that the Dem
ocrats have an 18-to-11 majority
in the Senate and outnumber
the Republicans, SO to IS, in the
House.
The one vetoed bill from the
last session that the Democrats
seemed most intent about did not
come to a vote yesterday. That's
the measure calling for an in
crease in the State liquor tax
from $1.25 to $3.50 a gallon, with
so cents of the new levy revert
| ing to Baltimore City and the
counties. Gov. McKeldin vetoed
it. he said. because it would take
more than 100000 a year from
the State treasury.
Bill ReintrOduced.
When the bill came up in the
House, Democratic Floor Leader
c. Awdry Thompson won per-
mission for it to be held over
until February Is. Meanwhile
the original sponsors of the leg
islation reintroduced the bill
That strategy seemed to result
from confusion on the part Of
the administration as to what
would happen if the veto were
overridden. Attorney General
Edward Rollins at first ruled that
the bill could not be enacted
legally over the veto because its
effective date is July /. 1854. and
that would throw the State
budget out Of balance.
In a more recent interpreta-
ton, however. Mi Rollins said
the bill could become effective
July !. 1855. despite its originally
intended effective date of 1854.
Mr.. Thompson charged that
the Republican attorney general.
in releasing two different opin-
ions in "a hours, was attempting,
ito influence votes rather than
give us sound legal advice"
Overridden in Senate.
The vetoes overridden in the
Senate were bills designed to:
l. Appropriate S250.000 for
capital Improvements at WASH
ington College. Vote, 1910.
2. Appropriate $250.O0O for
capital Improvements at West
ern Maryland College. Vote.
1910.
3. Exempt insecticides and
fungicides from the States 2
per cent retail sales tax. Vote,
asa.
4, Levy lower toll charges on
the Susquehanna River Bridge
for residents of Cecil and Har-
ford Counties. Vote. 1911.
5. Exempt Hartford and Cecil
County governmental vehicles
from paying the toll on the Sus-
quehanna River Bridge. Vote.
1911.
6. Give the Carroll County
commissioners power to license
foster homes. authority held only
by the State Board of Public
Welfare in most counties. Vote,
20-9.
Z. Increase pensions to some
retired members Of the Anne
Arundel County police force.
Vote, 25-4.
Overridden in House.
The House overrode the fol-
lowing vetoes and sent them to
the Senate.
l. A bill to outlaw drifting gill
nets in the Patuxent River
south of the Patuxent River
Bridge. Vote, 1910.
2. A bill to legalize auto and
motorcycle racing in Anne
Arundel County on Sunday.
Vote, 1926.
3. A bill requiring the Cecil
County sheriff to file a list of
his deputies with the clerk of
court and States attorney. Cecil
County Delegates said the bill
was designed to prevent the
sheriff from handing out deputy
badges to friends and pa
tronage." Vote, 1928.