Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-12
WHY They Are Not Signed.

Gov. Luce gives the following reasons
for decl ming 10 sign certain bills
House JOINT resolution No. >, Ito provide
for the relief of Robert Lake, >" who was
contractor for the c. ection of cell blocks
at the sta e prison. IL appears that owing
TO unfavorable weather he suffered loss.
said 10 be al least 5000, in completing and
complying with h contract. This Joint
resolution authorizes the board OF auditors
TO examine and al ust this alleged claim
for damage. The Governor thinks the
resolution Is clear violation of the sec
ton of the constitution which reads !:
The legislature shall not gr. mt nor au-
thoriZe extra compensation 10 any public
ncer, agent or con ractor after the ser
vice has been rendered or the contract en-
tered INTO >
House lille No 2l7 1t being IAN act TO
provide for the committing Of pauper in
sane persons TO the Wayne county asylum,
ana or the transfer OF such persons 10 the
state asylLms; and from the IT tie asy,ums
10 SAID county asylum; ana TO provide Tor
the support aud IN intenance OF such in-
sane persons.
Ihe Governor points out that the law in
force since l,io providing for the care Of
the insane has imposed Guequal burdens
upon the coanties. For inst nee, during
the ten years Hlllsdale county has con
trlbuted : io,1 10 lor e support OF the IN
digent Insane in state IN .tttutiOns, and
there h oeen paid for patent, sent from
hiilsdale county s2S,53'; Cainoun county
has pad SO, -, more than has been pad
Tor the care Of patients sent from tnat
county; & SIS county has paid ! 3,i9O Tor
the care OF st tie patients and has received
$3.50; Tuscola county has paid Slg, 100,
and the patents seut from tnut county
have cost the tate q, 94O w yne county
has pad $4,000, aud 1T, patients have
cost the state sS3. 90. He continues:
This inequ ility of the dlstrlbut on Of
expenses caused the Introduction of IA bill
pruvid ny for return TO the system in oper-
alton re IuirIng each Coun,y to pay the eX-
penses of its INDECENT ms ne in the state
institution, providing if Wayne county or
Hillsdale or CHss county cares for its I'M
fortunates at home, tuey should pay for 4,
and II they were sent 20 the asy UNI, do the
me thing there. IL seemed TO me as II "A
measure so Just and meritorlous would GER
I dnly commend itself To the good Judg-
men1 and fairness of the members OF the
leg stature Bu. through the influence
largely OF the chairman OF the board OF
corrections and c larlties and the mem Der )
of the different sylum boards, who present.
ed sort OF special message To the legisa-
ture. that just and righteous measure wins
defeated. And as an almost inevitable re
suit of tuis defeat the bill now under on
sideratou passed TO houses. some fea-
lures OF the bill are certainly meritOrious
and commend themselves 10 my Judgment,
but do not think II wise Tor the state to
depart from its settled policy of many years
without careful and can id consideration
and deliOeratIou Of the questions involved.
The Governor recommends that the
whole suo.e Ct receive such consideration
that Just and feasible plan Tor remedying
the inJus ice may be su OmiJted TO the leg
islature at its ne st ,ssion. lie says that
he declines 10 sign the bill with less regret,
because ii 4 were 20 become a law there il
no provision for paying Wayne county Tor
the care of its p tients under two ye trs,
and be ore that time the whole question
ought TO be considered and al us ed
Senate nle No. ~, relating 10 raj roads.
This ent. re hi is embraced in another act
known as the Chapman bill with the Gil.
more amendment, rendering this act un-
necessary.
House file No. 430. IAN act providing
for an increase of fees OF justices of the
peace. in civil cases ~ The Goyerno- says
that the provision which II strikes out in
the present lava restriction upon the
charge for issuing suOpen Is whole
some one and ne e mot believe IL ought to
be amended as this act prov ,des.
House file No. 3!j-"An act 10 provide
for the incorporation Of beneficiary Gle
ties" Every leg innate aud IN .terial pur-
pose of this bill is pro ded Tor in act No.
-, OF the session laws o, 81, rcn iering
, this bill uunecess If not mlschevous.