The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-11
GOVERNORS VBTOES.
State Printing and Supreme
and Chaneery Court Clerks
Fees Bills Disapproved.

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TRENTON, June II, 1S95.-The Governor
turned on the spigot of his veto barrel
last evening and these messages ran into
the Senate through Private Secretary
McMaster:-
June 10, 1895.
To the Senate:-
I return herewith to your honorable
No. 1888, entitled, IAN act relative, to
public printing, stationery and blanks"
with my objections thereto.
tablished by the bill is unobjectionable,
but it is rendered impracticable and in
9p era Gire BY cert eertai aftppn pfEigions to wnich
the ssf month Of September, the Comptroller
Senate Journal, the minutes Of the joint
meetings and executive sessions, the, AS
sembly minutes and all such OFFICIAL re-
current printing of the Legislature, as
the State Printing Board, established by
the act, may order and direct.
and documents presented by State officers
and r 1thers IS shall AL Bats e suf Prinffnr E Boa 1ae
Svps section six yii all the boards, con:nis,
sions and other persons required by law
to present an annual report to the Gov
Of October shirty-frst, annually, and pre-
on or before November thirtieth, to the
emu JQdI lie SdIIlE may pG oAA0
Section three of the act provides ''that
all such printing Chat is as specified IN
in time to be laid before the. Legislature
at their meeting in the following Jan
nary
the State officials are to be presented, to
the Governor on or before November
+ rte sta 9ft9 go tnat h h p j. fa sgD% With then IS
to examine them and determine which
of the reports, or how much Of them shall
be printed. 1t is manifest that a very
short time may thus intervene between
the reception of the reports by the State
Printer and the assembling of the .Legis..
the number and size of the different re-
ports and documents. certain to De or.
dered. printed, It is extremely doubttui II
sufficient time is allowed for performing
the work.
Again, the printing to be awarded by
the State Board on or about October NJ
Journal. minutes of the joint meetings
and executive sessions, and the current
printing printing n Of fa fhe Of two Wh hebse pri ah { she 6a aSTde
ing to the BILLY shall be entirely complet-
ed in time to be laid before the LegIsla-
tnre at their meeting in January follow
fhe act, if passed, will become opera
tive on July. 4, of the present, year. as 1t
mediate effect. It does not relate to or
affect the current printing. or the print
ing of the proceedings OF the preSenl
Legislature. That is already provided
for and has been either fully or in large
part performed.
The result, therefore, is, that under the
law, If passed in its present form, the
State Printing Board, in October 1895
will be called upon to make contracts for
printing the Senate Journal, the minutes
of the executive sessions, the House min
utes, the current printing and the min
utes of the joint meetings. of the next
LEGISLATURE to be fully completed and laid
before that body at its assembling in
January, 1895. It is thus evident that the
law not only requires an impossibility.
but involves a n absurdlty. 1t REQUIRES
that the proceedings and current print
ing of the Legislature of 1896 shall be
printed and laid before that body in adj
vance of its meeting.
The same difficulty would be presented
when the State Printing Board awards
It's contracts in 1896 for the Legislature of
1897. If by any means the act could be
tortured to apply to the present Legisla-
ture. It would present the anomaly that
the printing of its proceedings and its
current printing is to be deferred
until the making of a contract
therefor in October next. to be laid be-
fore the Legislature of 1896 a result
equally as absurd as the other.
Respectfully,
GEORGE II. WERTs,
Governor.