1438 VETOES.

for each truck which thus operates and competes with the
small independent stores, which already have on their hands
the problems presented by the big chain stores.
For these reasons, the bill will be vetoed.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES.
(Chapter 323, House Bill 156)

This bill makes it unlawful to open any safe deposit box
after the death of the owner, except in the presence of a
representative of the deceased, an officer of the Orphans' Court
and an officer of the bank or trust company, all three of whom
are required to make a complete list of the contents of the
safe deposit box, which is to be subscribed and sworn to and
filed in the office of the Register of Wills.

I find no necessity at all for a requirement of this kind.
Safe deposit boxes are not used only for securities and other
documents which form part of the estate. They frequently
contain papers and memoranda of a private and confidential
nature, which there is no justification for making public.

For these, and other reasons, this bill will be vetoed.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
(Chapter 496, Senate Bill 291)

Under Article 75A, Section 7, of the Annotated Code, per-
sons who were transacting business as practitioners of public
accounting on January 1, 1924, and who had certain other
qualifications, were entitled to register with the State Board
of Examiners of Public Accountants up to January 1, 1925,
and to receive a Public Accountants' Certificate.

In 1927 I vetoed a bill giving persons who neglected to
register within the above period the right to do so until June 1,

1928.

The present bill again undertakes to reopen the registration
period by extending it until August 1, 1929. This bill was
introduced and sponsored by the deputies and assistants in
the State Auditor's office, whose terms will cease on June 1,

1929. under the Act passed by this Legislature re-organizing
that Department. That Act makes these deputies and assist-
ants eligible for re-appointment by the new State Auditor,