Opinion of the Justices

*721To His Excellency Sherman W. Tribbitt Governor of Delaware

Reference is made to your letter of May 31, 1973, addressed to the Chief Justice, requesting the opinion of the members of the Supreme Court upon the constitutional enactment of 58 Laws, Chapter 578 and, specifically, with respect to the attempted item veto of the last sentence of Section 17 of that law.

You have requested the opinions of the members of the Court pursuant to 10 Del. C. § 141, and asked us two questions as follows:

1. Was the exercise of the line-item veto of Section 17 of Senate Bill No. 757, as amended, invalid in that…