Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-02
THE ORPHAN ASYLUM VETO.

The following is the veto OF Governor
Blssdel on the Bill appropriating ten thou
sand dollars for the Orphan Asylum-the
home of the poor, helpless little orphans
the States children. The Governor has
disappointed us-he is not the meek and
lowly follower Of Jesus that ice had given
him credit for. But, Notwithstanding his
Excellency's veto of the States donation
to support A HONE for the helpless and
fatherless, the big and noble heared people
Of Storey will, as they have heretofore
done, continue to give freely to feed and
clothe the orphan-the misconstrued Con-
stitution and the weak backed squeamish-
ness Of the Executive to the contrary not
w~ithstanding. Here is the Veto:
STATE OF NEVADA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
To the Honorable Senate of Nsrada:
I herewith return to your honorable
body, in which it originated. without ap-
proval, Senate Bill No. Al, entitled An
Act appropriating moneys for the benefit
Of the Orphan Asylum conducted by the
Sisters of Charity at Virginia City,"
l will briefly give my reasons for with
holding my approval: Section 8 of Ar
,icle Is of our Constitution reads as fol-
lows: THE respective counties of the
State shall provide, as may be prescribed
by law, for those inhabitants who, by
reason ofage and infrmity, or misfortuues,
may have claim upon the sympathy and
aid of society" The proper care of those
so unfortunate as to be destitute orphans,
in any county of this State, is certainly
one Of the charitable objects contemplated
by this section hence, if the State could
consttutionally provide for them, as pro-
posed in this bill, it should do so in all
the counties-not in one alone. Further,
Section . Of Article s Of the Constitution
reads thus: The State shall not donate
or loan money on its credit, or subscribe
TO or be interested in the stock of any
company, association or corporatton-ex-
cept corporations formed for educational
or charitable purposes" There is no am
bigui,y in this section. It is plain and
pointed. On reading it the question
arises, Is the Orphan Asylum the proposed
beneficiary Of this bill-a corporation
formed by the terms of its articles for ed
ucasional or charitable purposes, or for
both. l am creditsbly informed it is not.
How, then, can it be, constitutionally, the
douee Of the States money, for the prohi-
bition of the section cited is the same as If
it read in this manner: "The State may
donate or loan money on its credit to cor
porations formed for educational or char
table purposes, but TO no other corpora
ton, nor TO any company or association
whatever" l, was certainly wise on the
part of the trainers OF the Constitution to
make this provision, inasmuch as they
provided that the debt proper Of the State
shall never, in the aggregate, exclusive Of
interest, exceed the sum of three hundred
thousand dollars; for II this donation
we're made, it is but reasonable to suppose
that others Of kindred nature would be
asked. and perhaps as justly made, which
might, sooner or later, swell the liabilities
Of the State to the maximum so indicated,
and thus indirectly render the current ex-
penses Of the State more ouerous. And
as I have incidentally touched upon the
question Of policy involved in the passage
Of this bill. l trust you will bear with me
when l urge that the State, now borrow
ing money at Is per cent. per annum to
defray indispensable current expenses, is
no. in a condition to make this donation
or any such, however laudable, irrespec-
tive of fundamental barriers.
In view of these objections and facts, |
cannot consistently approve, hence return
the bill for your further action.
II. c. BLAsDEL, Governor.
The Senate refused to pass the bill over
the Governors veto, by the following
vote:
Ayes - Messrs. Hastings, Hutchinsr
Proctor, Seely, Slingerland, Sumner,
Thompson. Tri,le-S.
Noes-Messrs. Doran, Haines, Hobart,
Ives, James, Lambert, Lockwood, Winton
IS.
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