The San Francisco call., 1897-04-02

2S5) deficiency could be created in their con-
tingent or other fund. or for the support of
tne !Ia st state Printing Once. that would author
ize all OF the state printing necessary.
ODleetlon S--The item '.for support of State
Printing Office, including pay of employees,
parchasing pen, supplies, type, machinery, perma-
of this act. $4,000" is objected
70 ana not approved; first, because the
gwen In the objection TO the item for the SAL
airy OF the Superintendent of State Printing,
which objection is hereby referred TO, and
MADE part hereof and third, for the reasons
stated IN objections two and three hereof, 10
the items for boring wells ETC., "for purchasing
ana placing in position electric plant. etc,
Whlch objections are hereby referred 10 and
made part hereof; and because the same Is
in violation of sections "A and %. article ",
or the constitution; fourth, because said items
are not segregated, and it is impossible to tell
therefrom what amount of said appropriation
is Tor the purpose OF, or would be expended in
the purcnase OF, machinery and permanent
material ana for Improvements, ali OF which
items should be provided for by special bill
snd-not included in lump sum in bill Tor
| the support OF any one office.
Anotner and very serious objection is the
principal one made in my veto message OF
February y LAST. This is one OF the very larg-
| est appropriations made by the State. have
! been convinced in the past tha extravaganza
has been praeticed in its expenditure. The
experts appoin ted by the Legislature reported
many Irregularities. They reported tnat no
1 scphI GAcDUOAS were kept QF WnlGn TIC
cost OF schoolbooks can be ascertained, or
| which would prevent the use of schoolbook
money for other State printing; that no proper
| stockbook is kept by which the condition or
value OF stock on hand can be determlned that
| inexperienced help is employed at gre at loss
and the experts report thatif certain reforms
| Office saving OF from $15, 900 to 500, 600 an
| nually would result 10 the State. The
| Superintendent of State Printing has
! failed to make 10. me the reports required by
1 da WI m s.
! leading and from which il appeared that II
/ required S146,000 to do $94, 900 worth OF
work. This condition of things has never
been satisfactorily explained, ana the experts,
after allowing h i'm many credits not claimed
| in his report, still found e balance of $21 600
! for which no proper showing could be made.
| No proper or adequate system OF ardiifng the
claims agstnst this great appropriation exists,
and the Board OF Examiners have no means OF
| determining whether such claims SO presented
| to them are proper or correct
asked Tor some legislation to remedy this
| loose system OF accounts, board OF printing
| auditors, power for the Board Of Examiners 10
| EN- ploy and pay printing expert to inform
them as TO the nature or ACCURACY of accounts
| which they were called upon to allow or other
proper safeguards, but no such enactments
| were made On the contrary the only exist
] ing power l possessed TO keep that Office ct
| least within the limits of its appropriation
was taken from me, as shown IN obJectlon,
! and as have now no control over this de-
partment, and as the Legislature has not seen
| fit to check its expenditures, Icannot sanction
| the enactment of this item.
! Objection 9-The item .'For school textbook
depar tmeni, pay OF employees and Tor stock and
material. $40, 600, subject 10 the provisions
| OF an act entitled AN act 10. provide
| ing, printing, binding. copyrightiEg and
| distributing certain books of q State
| series of school textbooks and appropriating
| money therefor. approved March lS, 1857.
| and the same is hereby exempted from the
provisions OF section OF this act" is objected
| 10 and not approved for the reasons given for
eNrTr
| in objection hereof, which said objections and
| reasons are made part hereof and Tor the
\ further reason that II is an attempt through,
general appropria ton bill TO legislation the
| subject contained in said item, and for the
! iurIhar reason that said itemfs in violation
! OF article TX, section II, OF the constitution.
| study OF the subject has led TO the conclu-
| sion that money appropriated for textbook
purposes under said article of the constitution
should be appropriated to be expended by and
under the direction and control OF a State
\ Board OF Education solely.
| Another reason for my objection is that this
| item requires the appropriation il carries
shall be expended subject 10 the provisions of
| certain act which cannot be located as de-
! scrlbed. The set nearest in description TO the
act described is not properly applicable 10 the
the compiling, illustrating. etc. OF only q
limited number of the State series of school
Textbooks, leaving many 10 be provided tor in
The constitution provides that the State
schoolbooks shall be sold at cost
and the fund from which the expense
Is paid should beseifsustaining As there is
now money in this fund and large number
OF books on hand, the necessary new ones can
be prepared and printed from the sums re-
suiting from the sale of these books, and no
Interference with the printing of necessary
school books will result from the disapproval
of this item.
Objection 1O-The item '.for support OF Vet
erans' Home at Yountville. 100000, lis OBJ
iected to and not approved for the sole reason
that like sum is provided for as a coptinu-
ing appropriation bv another law of the State,
being the act of 1898 Statutes 1898, D. 214l,
ana the allowance OF this amount in the gen.
eral appropriation bill is therefore nnaeces-
sary, and would constitute q double appro-
priation.
Objection 1.-THE item "for the claim for
Marin County for moneys expended by it for
prosecutions of crime committed within the
State Prison al San Quentin 1929 50'' is OBJ
iecled TO and not approved on the ground that
said item is in violation OF article ~, section
%, OF the constitution. and is not proper
claim in the general appropriation bill.
Objection 12-The item, "for purchase of
material and construction of fencing the ice
plant and enlarging COW barn. Preston School
yf Industry, two thousand six hundred dol
lars" is objected to and not approved for the
reasons reasons give. given IN. IN objections first and
made my objections TO this item / was first
inclined to belieye this item correct, but
study of the subject has convinced me that it
has no place in THIS bill.
Objection 13-The item, 'for support of
Santa Clara State School, S35, 900" is OBJ
jected TO and not approved because said
school was not established.
Objection IA - The item, "for use OF
State University department of viticulture
$4,000" and the item, "for OF
State University forestry stations $So00, -
and the item, ''for State University de-
psrtment of agriculture for experimental
purposes relative 10 the diseases, breeding
nd other necessary information connected
With the raising and care of chickens in this
State. and The issuance of bulletins concern
ing same, S5000," are each objected 10 and
not approved. and each is objected to ana
not approved for the reasons, first, that
the same are excessive, aud second, whatever
allowance may be neces sary in the judgment
OF the regents OF the University of the Sta te
of California, can be made from the othe r
funds of the said university.
During the past two years the State b as lib
orally responded to the requests of the UNI
veIsity giving in 1895 quarter of million
viding for the University Itself by the
act OF 1897 that it shall receive
cents per annum on every
800 OF taxable property in this State,
million of dollars. In my judgment. with
this annual income. together with the income
from the regular funds now on hand. no fur
ther provision should be asked Tor by tha ins IL
tuition. and under existing financial conditions
1t is the duty OF the university to use such
careful economy as will make its present
avail bic resources sufficient for the conduct
OF such OF its departments and stations in
the judgment of the regents 1t may be neces-
sary to maintain.
Objection 15-The item "for aid to District
Agricultural Society No. 1, $4,000 is OBJ
Jecied to and not allowed for the reasons here
tofore given in my obj .ctions to SIM
liar appropriations in 1895, and Tor the
reasons stated in my inaugural address, and
in my first biennial message. The aggregate
OF these appropriations is so great that, in