New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-18
SEVENTY-NINE ITEMS VETOED.
TIE GOVERNORS PRUNING-KNIFE AT WORK
on THE SUPPLY BILL
oBJECTING TO PAYING SPECIAL COUNSEL
LEGISLATORS AND LAW BooKs-MANY
ITEMS DISALLowED BECAUSE OF

LEGISLATORS AND LAW BOOKS-MANY
ITEMS DISALLowED BECAUSE OF
ALLEGED INEXPEDIENCY
lfRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oP THE rRIprxxa
Albany, June l7.-Governor Hill to-day filed a
long statement, vctOing seventy nine items of thu
Supply BILL with brief mcmorandums of his reasons
for dsapproval OF each item. Among the first
items vetoed are those allowing S4522 49, or
so much thereof as may be necessary for the ser
vices and expenses Of Messrs Russell White,
Brush and Chester. ss special experts to examine
the construction Of the Assembly ceiling and
staircase; and allowing 81, 500 TO I. c. Clark
and Il w. Upiohn for services as experts in
making examinations of the stability of the stone
arch vaults Of the Assembly chamber. These
items were not approved because i" no such ex-
pendture of State funds can legally be authorized
By concurrent resolution and these general OBJ
jcctions apply with still greater force TO expendi-
lures rendered pursuant 10 the resolution Of a
single house, (the Assembly,.
Another item disalowed is one giving Julien T.
Davies 700 for services counsel 10 the Senate
Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment, tho
Governor observing: /" The results Of the deibera-
tions Of the committee mentioned never have been
such as to justify the expenditure Of dollar
Mr. Hill goes on pay his respects TO tie Vedder
Tax bill and adds
The Controller is the financial officer of the
State and he is ready 10 give advice upon matters
re lating TO the increase OF State revenues. Ger
tainly the State does not need committees, with
a long rctinuc OF special counsel, stenographers,
clerks and attendants to devise additional methods
Of taxation
The claim Of George Bliss for Si,03l 70 for
services as counsel to the Senate Committee on
General Laws is also dsallowed, the Governor
pointing out that six Of the seven members Of tho
committee were lawyers adding:
The extravagant mrloyment Of numerous
counsel-who are not inirequently obstructionists
to real invcstigltior-as well multitude of
stcnograrhers, experts and clerks, by various spa-
cial and standing committees OF the Legislature,
has become an abuse no longer TO be tolerated
without protest.
Several items for the repair and building OF
bridges and roads and for removing distractions In
rivers are vetoed, some of them because tho cx-
pendturcs proposed are believed not TO be war.
ranted ut this time, and others because of the
clause making mandatory the awarding Of the con-
tract &c the lowest bidder, instead Of leaving il
optional With the Superintendent of Public Works
TO reject any or all bids.
A number Of appropriations for improvements to
State charitable institutions are refused because
the Governor does not think il expedient 10 make
these expenditures at present. -
The same reason is advanced for the vetoing
of the item devoting $4,000 to the Washington
Headquarters at NewburG.
In vetong an appropriation of 81 81 for furniah-
ing the Assembly Committee on Judiciary with
certain law books, the Governor says:
Almost every year an appropriation OF similar
character is presented 10 me Tor approval ana each
years investigation shows that with few excep
tions the law books mentioned In the apPropria-
ton have disappeared. Wis decidedly reluctant
to approve such items when they annually covered
only i've or six sets of some OF the law books. Now
when it appears that eleven sets are purchased for
the Assembly and nine sets for the SENATE Am