Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-01-19


Ellegood cited the requirements Of
persons assessed in the following
states:
Connecticut To list property
and verify BY oath.
Illinois--To list property and
qualify when required BY assessor.
fndiana-List to be made by tax
payer and verified by oath.
Iowa-List TO be made by tax
payers and sworn to.
Massachusetts-List to be made
by taxpayers and sworn to.
Michigan-Tax to furnish list
and swear when required by asses
ser.
New York-Te make and verify
Nancy statements only.
0hio-To list property and veri-
~ by oath.
Pennsylvania-To make and YER
ify money statements only.
|, WiscoEsin-To answer questions
under oath when required by asses
sor.
The Governors Duty.
Mr.. Ellegood concluded as fol.
lows:
Il have endeavored to show that
upon the grounds of public morals
and public policy; upon the theory
Of taxation in many of the most
important states of the Union; in
the light of our own constitution
and according to the will of the peo-
pie, the principles Of the Hayes bill
are correct.
If either of the last propositions
be true? what was the duty of the
Governor? / shall not dwell al
length on this aspect Of the case.
The Governor can, if he chooses,
veto all bills and declare all legisla'
ton 'hasty and partial But might
does not make right, in represen.
tative form of government, and
there are constitutional Limitations
upon the veto power in this state.
There is On article in that instru.
ment which says, that the legisls.
tive, executive and judicial powers
Of the government ought to be for.
ever separate and distinct from each
other; and no person exercising the
functions of either of the said de,
partments shall assume or discharge
the duties Of any other
Limitations Of Veto Power.
'And another which says: 'Tc
guard against hasty or partial leg
islation and encroachments of the
legislative department upon the CO
ordinate executive and judicial de-
partments, every bill which shall
have passed the House of Delegates
and the Senate shall, before it be
comes q law. be presented to th'
Governor of the State; if he ap
proves it he shall sign it; but if not
he shall return it with his objec
tons to the house in which it orig
mated which shall proceed to re
consider the bill.
Should Have Been Signed.
ut 10 very evident, in the frs
place, that this bill does not en-
croach upon either Of the co-ordi
nate departments; and if ever ther'
was o bill, the subject matter anC
principles of which had been be
fore the people for some years, ant
were well considered during the las
session, the Hayes bill was that bill
and that it does not belong to TIT
class 'hasty and partial legislation
not hasty because it was well con
sidered; not partial because it taxei
the whole people, and not a class
IF there was any way by which
the people could express their viii
upon q theory of taxation it wa
done ut the ballot-box in Novembel
of 1891, at the same election which
elected the Hon. Frank Brown al
the Governor of this common
wealth, and at the same time de
feated the proposed amendment t
the existing theory under our Bill
Of Rights, and which will so ex
pressed was crystallized by theil
representatives in Legislature as
sembled in the enactment of THU
BILL
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