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bT0N. Cfttt hG titt9 E}ttDAi9tAkFeA Ills proclamation vetoine five acts of the late General Assembly, as follows Senate Bill No. 170, to amend sec ton 3333 of Sandeis and Hills Di= gest.Senate bill IT. an act to submit to the people of the State theqaes- tion of holding a convention to frame a new constitution; House bill No. 1s1. an act to provide for calling in the outstanding indebtedness Of the State and for other purposes House bill No. 337, an act to gali- date contracts in the State and to prescribe the conditions upon which foreign corporations may do business in this State, House biil 349 to amend 6944 of SandelIs and Hills Digest. in regard to the invest menf of school funds. and House bilt No. 435, to amend sections 3365 3370 of sandels and Hills Digest.
 In his veto message Of House bill No. 435, the Governor says
 The purpose Of the proposed amendments to the sections named is to limit official emoIuments of the the Secretary of State. Auditor of State, Treasurer Of State, and Com missioner of State lands, and ofeaeh officer af any county. city, town or village 10 an annual income of S3, 2 000 Prosecuting Attorneys are not among the number sought 10 be limited to this amount In it's prae- tical operation the bill, although in terms a general law, is focal in the sense that only about six county officers will be effected by its enact ment. 4 somewhat thorough inVes- tigaiian into the probable scope of its ope. dtn1n convinees me that the Sherins of Pulaski and Jefferson counties, and possibly the court clerks in the former, are the only officers in the State that will be reached by the change that the pas sage of this bill would make It is not pretended that any of the State officers named are receiving incomes that will bring them under the oper- ation Of the law as proposed If 1t is deemed to be desirable to reduce the official incomes in Pulaski and Jefferson counties, q uniform legis- lative practice has established the procedure in such cases to be by q special bill, introduced after local discussion of the matter and after having given the thirty days public notice provided for by the laws, and in addition to this, q reservation has been generally, and if not universally made in favor of officers for the terms then in progress. This latter provision is not incorporated in this bill, bat the same is made to take effect from it's passage. So far from the results. which would follow the enactment of law such as would be the case If l should approve this bill. being desired by the people in the counties that will be affected by It. l am advised by Humerously signed petitions and by other means that the sentiment on the question is di- rectly to the contrary. Particularly is this opposition made manifest to the application Of the limitation contained in the bill to the Sheriff of Pulaski county. As collector he is required to furnish annually a bond of one-half million of dollars, and his annual collections exceed three hundred thousand dollars. The cen tral situation Of the county, and the character Of it's industries and Of it's population resident and transient, make 1t q matter Of first importance that this office shall be filled by q person Of tirst-class standing as a citizen and as q business man. am advised that we have such an one now. When these are found, they command in other branches of the business, fair compensation, and if the people want such in their service they must do as well by them in the matter of remunerating them.
 Notwithstanding l hold these views about this matter Of paying our public officers, should not feel jus titied in withholding my approval of this bill its passage was the result of local sentiment of the locality in which 1t is to operate, and had con talned q provision exempting from It's operation the officers during tbelr present terms, or it was other Wlse made to appear that they took