Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-03-26
Veto Nlessage.

tnefe.-CtOIe journal.
Veto Message.
We give below The Governors Message entire
with the exception ofihe eDumeraon't The bills
vetoed which as it has appeared in our paper
heretofore we omit. To our mind the Gov rea-
sons conclusively. These were our views when
we noticed the' appropriations week before last
and We are glad that the Gov. has, by this mes
sage, saved us the trouble and better performed
the task of depressing them. We wish that more
could be done for the Central Railroad, but will
be content the stands at present. if what is
TO be done can be done effecually, and The resour-
ces OF the state preserved for future and better
uses.
"The bills propose TO appropriate in all $4,000
acres, and, in most cases, the expenditure is made
imperative upon the board of Internal improve
ment.
At the present session, thirty thousand acres
have been appropriated upon the Central Railroad
and the Tecumseh branch of Southern, as also a
quantity sufficient 10 pay arrearages Cor work up
on the Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal and to finish
locking The same into the Clinton River, estimated
by the engineer to require $4,000 acres. At the
commencement of the session, 80, 900 acres re-.
NAMED unexPended of former appropriations.
Thus it will be seen, that if The bills returned be-
come laws, there will be appropriated 365, 900
acres of internal improvement, land. which at its
minimum price is equal to $3.50, $50, all to be ex.
pended the present year. at least contracts there
for to be let, and the eral works to be car.
ried forward with diligence, as required by the
terms OF the several bills, with The uDmpOrtan,
exception applicable to the Southern Railroad
In addition to the above specific appropriations
of lands, there is appropriated by an act appro-
we'd March 9. 1914, $4,000 Of the net proceeds
ofthe Central Rail Road TO iron the same betw cen
| Marshall and Kalamazoo. II is of the utmost
importance that this appropriation be carried into
effec'.
The State also owes for iron purchased under
former appropriations, and for expenses incurred
on the Southern Rail Road SsO,OOO. to be paid in
the next four months. Besides S6O,OUO in scriu
TO be provided for the present year, there will be
payable at lis close for interest aid arrearaees OF
interest at least $4,000.
The whole liabilities for the year, as erumer
ated, if the bills returned become laws, will ameun
10 the enormous sum Of S52l,250 90. The ap
preparations for labor aud materials are far greater
than can be judciously expended on so many d.
verse works; greater even than would be warrant
ed were the State free from embarrassment ano
The expenditure 10 be made in money.
The lands proposed to be appropriated are o.
the best quality, and as eigby situated, and every
way as desirable for settlement aud cultivation q,
any other public lands in the United States. 1t i.
entirely u mistaken opinion that should they no
be appropriated. they would not contribute TO di
Ininish the Indebtedness of the State. 1t is quite
possible tina. present holders of outstanding bond
aud warrants may not wish to make investment,
in lands-yet such tonds and warrants will b.
sought by others for that purpose, and thus be can
celled.-Wnhln a reasonable time these lands vii
al be wanted and taken by Immigrants aud other
at the minimum price fixed by law, even though
payment were rqured in gold and silver.
During the quarter ending March 1. 1874, be
r fore land scrip was issued ut all, 1900 acre
more ofthese lands were sold than during the cor
responding quarter of the present fiscal year
The bills propose to appropriate lands, but the ap
g preparation flands aud the issuing Of negotiabi
land scrip upon estimates for work, is, in truth, bu
v anticipation of the means of the State at grea
d sacrhce; and should the amount of land scri
which Is authorized by these bulls be issued, in
dillon 10 the amount already authorized, its valu
would doubtless be so far deprecated that j: woul
IS command but mere nominal price. Though j:
# sueo from TO time 20 time as the several work
d progressed, the result would be the same the grei
suPlus always In market would make permaneI
i's depreciation. This depreciation would ais
ID be foreseen by contractors, and quadruple prizes
= would be required for all work. The property
> The State, that. with discreet management, mig
l. De made available al its full value, would thus
g trittered away without any commensurate benef
re But little progress would be made in advancir
y the several improvements contemplated, and 4
well founded hope could be entertained of accon
IN plishlng, at future time what was thus inausI
g, ciously commenced. af.s.s ..fz
e. No greater amount of land scrip or warran
d. should be issued in any given year than will pr
m baby be wanted during that year. $4,000 acr
of were sold, and there is no reason to believe III
c. more will be sold this. BY provisions of existil