The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-03-18
Will Not be Built in Ceur d.
Alene This Year.
TIE GOVERNOR OF MOSCOW
Vetoes the Bill and Attempts to Excuse
His Action
LEADING CITIZENS GIVE THEIR VIEWS
The Governor Denounced for His Action in
the Matter.

| ''~e~~s ~s~ASN1SSS ava AAAe <SOsSUo u
the Matter.
That the following message to tn
secretary Of state, vetoing the Ceu
d'Alene school of science bill, is an out
rage perpetrated by Gov. Mcconnell
We plainly show in another column:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, BoIsI
CITY, March 1.-THE HONORABLE
THE SECRETARY or STATE.-DEAI
SIR desire 10 file with you, without
my approval, house bill No. 70, AN ac
to provide for the establishment. loca
ton, maintenance and support of Z
scientific school for the state of Idaho.
My reasons for not signing this bil
are as follows:
This bill, which was intended TO es
tablish a scientific school, creates {
board OF directors, and section 10 gives
the board the management Of all lands
donated by the general government o,
set aside for the use of the Idaho school
of science by authority of the state.
Section : of Article of the cons;itu.
ton constitutes the governor. superin.
tendent Of public instruction. secretary
OF state and attorney general the state
board of land commissioners. who shall
have the direction, control and DISPOSE
ton OF the public lands OF the state.
under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed 10y law" Section of the same
article provides that il shall be the duty
Of the state board 10 provide for the
location, protection. sale or rental of all
the lands heretofore, or which may here
after be, granted to the state by the
general government, under such regula-
tons as may be prescribed by law, and
in such manner as will secure the maxi
mum possible amount therefor.
Section IL of the act of congress ad-
hitting Idaho as a state grants TO the
state 100 go acres of land for the es,at-
lishment and maintenance Of a scientific
school.
The above quoted provisions Of the
constitution place the control. location.
protection, sale and rental, the man
ascmcnt" Of these lands in the state
board Of land commissioners.
House bill No. - attempts to place
the management in the board of direc-
tors of the scientific school. and is in
conflict with the constitution.
The act provides that the board shall
appoint secretary, who is required TO
reside and keep his Office al or near the
school, and enumerates his duties.
which are quite onerous and would
seem to require most all of the time Of
a competent man. Section 10 provides
tina; the board of directors shall fix his
salary, which shall be paid. not from
the appropriation made for the school.
but from the state treasury in the
same manner as is provided 10y law for
the payment of the salaries of state
officers"
While the constitution carefully lin
its the salary of the governor and other
state officers, and provides that such
salaries shall not be diminished or in.
creased daring their term, this section
gives the board of directors an unlim-
tied power TO create debt directly
against the state treasury. The salaries
of the officers should be payable out of
the appropriations made for the school.
The act creates board Of directors
under tine name and style of the state
board of directors of the Idaho school
of science" and the first 10 sections of
the act speak OF the board of directors"
while the 10th and subsequent sections
speak of a board of trustees" which
has moi been mentioned before.
Section "a provides that ''all property.
both real and personal. belonging to
such Idaho school of science shall be
transferred and vested in the trustees"
This does not refer TO the site of the
school. for that is provided for in sec
ton %. Perhaps, taken in connection
with section Is, we may presume it was
intended to reach the lands donated by
congress. # so, it is repugnant to the
above quoted provisions of the cousti,
tuition. We know of no other real prop
erty that could be claimed as belonging
to the school.
Perhaps it might hereafter be CON
tended that section ~ vests the 10000
acres donated by the general govern
ment in the board of trustees SO that
the legislature could not at any future
time devote any of this muuiGceat gran,
10 any other school of science.
Very respectfully.
W. J. MCCONNELL,
Governor.
In orler that we might obtain an ex-
preston from the people of CWur
fAleue, we interviewed a number of
our leading citizens and business men