Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-01-18

| VETO OF THE FISH BrLL.-Goyernor
'feafy has sent in his veto of the Fish Bill
passed at the close of the last session of the
Legislature. His objections are made
known at some length, and while we do
not assent to all the positions assumed,
the Governor presents some strong reasons
Tor Withholding his signature, and we are
not prepared to say that he js.net right in
the p,ain.
Tho objections are set forth in the fol.
lowing order:
l.. There is no occasion for five commits
sioners when ore or two are Just As effi-
cient that though they are to be only
mid thclr necessary expenses, these art
likely to increase in n tatio quite dispro-
poruonate to the services rendered and
tust the number unnecessarily divides the
responsibility
= For so large an expenditure of money
Sufficient security should be given, and in
this bill none is provided for.
D. 1t Is believed tae interests of the State
DO not require that any property for hatch
ing or propogating purposes should be CIV
en-, and in this bill, or at any other sum.
large gum of SIC, 900 for the fishways and
matching house and to the arrangement
piaking an equal appropriation to each
tishway, all to be completed at the same
sine without reference to the success of
what he calls rs yet only an experiment.
lie denies that the fishway at Columbia
dam. which was made at an expense of
S5,OOO, has proved success, though now
in use for a number of years. The few fish
| caught above Columbia dam, the Governor
contends, did not reach there by the fish
way, but through break in the dam
caused by II freshet. This of course is only
conjectural aud the failure uf this ladder.
if properly constructed, would be in direct
antagonism to all properly made fsh-lad-
der ever constructed. In this we think
the Governor is mistaken.
We give the Governors concluding par
agraph, showing that he has not been op-
posed to the fishing interest, only to the
manner i'll which it is proposed to promote
| it:
II regret the necessity which compcls
to return the bill with these objections
lhe subject is an important one and
am in cordial sympathy with the friends
OF this movement for the culture of fish,
and Tor their restoration to the waters of
S''S "hu dDpTONc ull
properly guarded legislation for these pur-
poses. Most of the sections of this bill are
unobjectionabl and / especially COM
mend that which proposes cooperation
with our sister State Of New-Jersey But
when seventy thousand dollars are appro-
priated from the public treasury for this,
or any other purpose, l shall insist that it
shall be done in such form, and under such
regulations, as will probably effect the pur-
poses intended
The veto message, contains facts which
should be used in the fresh application
which we trust will be made at the pre-
sent session OF the Legislature. The fish
ing interests have become of too much inn
| portance to allow them any longer to lie
dormant; and for our State to persist in
tagging behind nearly all her sister States
/ i'll judicious efforts to promote them, will
not rebound to her credit. Let, therefore,
new, simple and unobjectionable bill be
presented, in order that it may promptly
meet the approval of the Legislature and
| the Governor