Butte record., 1855-02-10
GOVERNORS VETO MESSAGE.
The following is the message of Gov
crnor Bigler, v.toing the 1900 bill:
Exrcrrrur DrpARTMENT

crnor Bigler, vetoing the Sl,ooo o'ii
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Sacramento, Jan. 80, 1850. )
To the assembly of California :.
An act entitled "An act requiring the
Controller to audit certain bills oil the
members and officers of the present
Legislature, is herewith returned to the
House in which it originated, without
4 approval.
/ The act requires the Controller to
audit, and the Treasurer to pay out Of
/ the general fund which may be on hand,
or which may be hereafter received the
4 per diem and mileage of the present
i Legislature, to the amount Of one thou
lsand dollars each, and to pay the per
diem Of the officersof said Legislature
for sixty d tys, 50 soon. as their service
IS rendered and accounts are certified to
! by the officers OF the,rrespeetise badiss.22 Z
Aware that the failure Of the STATE to
Hh & on denahdg andsi ateash fes serSic IS
ps.fagmsd. subjects the Representatly.ees
Of the people, and AT others IN her enI-
ploY, to serinns iudoYt nience and loss, j
4 'belfevtd2 that thc cCactA under e. i,sitfefa
ton rctnedie4 the evil, or woatd materI
ally better illeif oondit,on. ! would viii
lingly give it my approval, lnlfaet, u
! the amount of cash ,thereia appropriated
and. sci apart were now IN the General
Fund, it would give me sincere pleasure
to assent to the act bees ming a law. ..1ih
hGdBnt. in view of the act that 4 hai State
Ireasure, repartsw tlatGthere IS n alotlhil tlhils
date, no cash in the. general fund, and
also that tht Contr6iler and Treasurer
c oncur in opinion, that for tho reason
thai nearly. if notaqaite, all the revenue
aecruilfsi under The last Assessment, has
, been already received and dishursed, g
sufficient amount OF Cash TO meet the
Requirements! Of the act viii no, have
accumulated in that fund within seven
months, am satisf d thatirs approval
Iso far from beneftiing the menb,4.s and
officers of the Legisla use would, in the
end, prove injurious to tn m and al
others dirtctk intefested d,-i,jorious,
fb4~ause calculated greatly to weaken
,,ublic confidence in the ability of ih-
State to promptly meet accruing liabil;
ties, and, Of course, eau &c material de-
preciatinn in every description Of State
indebtedness. 7f--
At this date the total amount of Con-
troller's warrants outstanding exceeds
two hundred thousand do lars t s....,,
f Most Of these warrants were issued
for material and services long since tur-
nisht d and pcriorm d, and tn hold'ls
of them are doubtless desirous, and ex-
pecting to receive in cash f.om the Gen
eral Fund, the amount called for on the
face of each, which is clearly their right
as soon as a sum sufficient for their re
demption shall have accumulated. But
the act in qustion. if approved, would
, compel the proper officer to pnstponl,
the payment Of these warrants until
each member Of the csent Legislature
shall have received the sum Of one thou
sand dollars, and each officer. his per
diem "f sixty days, amount g i'll the
aggregate to about $l50,0O0.
The knowledge Of the existence of
such a legislative enactment, it is be-
lieved, would not only greatly 9epreciate
crvil warrants now outstanding, and m
fict unnecessary hardships on existing
creditors of the State, but would also in
the same degree depreciate those here
after to be issued, thus largely incrcas-
ing State expenditures, for the reason
that the amount of such depreciation
would in almost every instance be added
to the cash value OF articles furnished or
labor performed.
II has been urged in favor of the pas
sage of this act that there exists com
blnaiton of Bankers and Brokers. for
the purpose of depreciating the Civil
Warrants of the State. If il be true,
which is BY no means certain, that there
exists such combination, the act under
consideration SO far from disbandlng this
combination and defeating its objects by
rendering less profitable the purchase Of
State civil warrants, viii actu lily eff ct
the depreeiaton, which tits alIedgodthe
combination is la5oring to produce, and
instead Of reducing, wall srfatly increas
The psofits arising from the purchase and
Subsequent redemption Of evidences OF
State indebtedness.
/ IEagret thatI cannot in this matter
cooperate with the Representatives Of
the people, but enteraaining the opinion
/ from Which I feel confident YOU VIII not
after more careful inquiry dissent, that
the act in qhestion will not only taiI t.
I'D the relief designed BY its passage.
but win operate, + the prejudice Of all
ffhterested55 by depressing the credit sol
the State 4and 'depreciatlng every des
cription Of State ind abtedness, | feel
cailed upon to Withhold my approval and
he ewith return the act for Your further
) on1iieraiion. a'e1 ,.s9' " s'45q
In this connection, and in explanation
it.may bs prop r to st.te hat on fsrm
er Occasion sanctioned an aci contain
hing simii II provisions with the act here
with returned, but net oay was he total
amount therein provided for compara-
: lively small, but the greater part Of 'the
, sum aepropriat,d was aetaaHy9in7 the
| general tund and its disposition clearly
under the control of the Legislature a
the date of the app oval Of the. act
Now, however, a diff ren; state Of thing