The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-11-14

ilution,.-
Resolved, That the Speaker Of this
House shall take the Message of His Ex-
celiency under consideration, and assign
the several topics therein contained to APP
propriate committees. which on motion OF
Mr.. Patterson, was laid on the table.
Mr.. Williams, the Private Secretary OF
the Governor, laid the following Message
before the House, which was read by the
Clerk:-
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, |. t.
Darlington, Nou. 6. 1889.
Tothe Honorable Eouse of Represents
fires Of tie Legislative Assembly:
GENTLEMEN: On the evening of the
25th Of January last, after the Legislative
Assembly had closed its session, and ma
ny of the members left the city, the fol.
lowing described enrolled bills were pre-
scented to me for approval, but being OBJ
iectionable in some of their provisions the
adjournment of the Legislative Assembly
deprived me of the opportunity Of maxi
i ing my objections known to that body.
Consequently the bills were filed in
the Executive office without my signature
and are now transmitted to the House of
Representatives, the branch of the Legis-
lative Assembly in which they originated
in order that such proceedings may be
had thereon as may be deemed advisable
by the present Legislative Assembly.
The frstis bill entitled san &C! con.
corning the repeal of Statutes" The
bill if it had been approved, would have
repealed all laws Of general nature here
tofore passed by the Legislative authori.
tiles of Michigan and Wisconsin, and
now in force in this Territory, which
would have left us without law in many
important cases, to wit: The law regulat-
ing marriages would have been repealed
and we would have had no law in force in
this Territory on that as well as many
other important subjects. The second is
a bill entitled "An act to provide for the
compensation of printers to the Legisla
tive Assembly and for other purposes
On an examination of this act, it ap.
pears to be a general appropriation bill
IN which are contained some appropria-
tons that, in my opinion, are in contra
vention of the laws of the United States,
and consequently could not receive the
approval of the Executive.
The Sd section Of the act Of Congress
making appropriations for the civil and
diplomatic expenses Of the government
for the year 1889, declares ''that no Off
GERS in any branch of of the public SER
vice, OR any other person, whose salary
or whose pay or emoluments is or are
fixed by law and regulations, shall receive
any extra allowance or compensation in
any form whatsoever for the disbursement
OF public money, or the performance of
any other service, unless the said extra
allowance or compensation be authorised
by law" The objections of the Execu-
tive are confined to such allowances as he
believes to be in violation Of the aforesaid
acts Of Congress. These suggestions
together with the bills are respectfully
submitted to the consideration Of the Lee
gislative Assembly. Any special obiec-
tons are deemed inadvisable at this time,
as the bills will consequently be acted up
on de novo by the Legislative Assembly. |
Very Respectfully
your OBJ t. servant,
ROBERT LUCAS.
On motion of Mr.. Bailey, the Message
was referred to the Committee on the Ju- !
dietary.
That part of the Governors Message
relating to the formation of State Gov
was referred on motion of Mr..
Biggs, to the Committee on Territorial
Affairs.
The part relating to the organization If
townships, was referred, on motion of
Mr. Summers, to the Committee on
Township and County Boundaries.
The par. relating to the Laws of the
asst session, was, on motion of Mr.. Hall,
eferred to select committee, consisting
If Messrs. Hall. Wheeler, Patterson,
Nntun and Myers.
That part relating to the Territorial Ii
'rary was, on motion of Mr.. Hall, refer
ed 10 the Judiciary Committee,
That part relating to the Difficulties on
he Southern Boundary was, on motion Of
Mr.. Hastings, referred to the Committee
IN Militia.
That part relating to the Seat of Gov
rnment was, on motion of Mr.. Patter-
on, referred to the Committee on Terri
orial Affairs.
On motion Of Mr.. Hawkins, Stand
ng Committee on Public Buildings and
me on Finance were appointed, as fol-
ows:-
On Public Buildings-Messrs. Haw,
ans, Summers, Hastings, Walworth and
dintun. Nslf 8 fz.i.
On Financc-Messrs. Ross, Bailey,
,hurchman, Brewer and Lash.
That part Of the Message relating to the