New-York tribune., 1900-05-07
BILLS GOVERNOR VETOED.
MEMORANDA FILED WITH THE sECRE-
TARY OF STATE WITH HIS REASONS.

TARY OF STATE, WITH HIS REASONS.
Albany. May CSpeciaD.-Ciovernor Roosevelt filed
with the Secretary of State memoranda giving his
reasons for leaving unsigned a large number or
bills. Some of these bills affected the city OF New
York. In regard TO a bill of Assemblyman Trainor
10 pay salaries Thomas E. Dempsey and John r.
s. White for certain services alleged TO have been
performed for the Board of Health of New-York.
the Governor said:
This bin relates TO a remarkable OF violation
of the rules that the Civil Service Reform As
sociation has followed for some time and with
ter of fact. such positions those described
I she m s Ike and heTe ne kep
in violation of the law. In an examination Tor
The list and one was 50 low down that he could
rot be reached They were stu continued led how hoWever
formed ana month ago the special title now now
thai are about to be questioned in the courts If
these men, or, in fact, any Others who are the pro
formed actual services for. which they have ave not
eeen Iala me new ovii ServiSe & h, LAW 20 renoyer
The amounts claimed from the officers who were
responsible for their selection
A somewhat elaborate bin of Senator Malby to
punish false registration. fraudulent voting and
marking of ballots. and of Senator Ellsworth
10 punish persons guilty OF offences with slot
machines vetoed because of errors in drafting
printing.
persons desiring practice dentistry is vetoed be-
cause disapproved of by the State Dental Society.
GOOD GROUNDS FOR vETOEs
A bill of Assemblyman Miller for the payment Of
claims damages incurred the western division
of the Erie Canal by property owners while the
100000 improvement work in progress is
vetoed on the ground that the Court of Claims
already has jurisdiction.
Then came the following
Senate Bill 1929, introduced by Mr.; Munzinger.
of joseph II Gsrey gho 0 was H appointed during
the 1899 in the Department OF Charities to the
Ia1 QF infe Rel
pitai Dspensary GarXey vas appointed to TO me me
Service 10 qIsT9e %he Taroas approprate
lists existed from which an appointment might nave
been made. Payment for his services was refused
by both the Commission and the Controller on that
existing at the time the new rules We're framed
The bill proposes to pay for the services of seven
attendants. stenogrspher and one interpreter
tSe M,1icpSi Civi Service Commission of eligible
lists for the positions in question The quoted
words are misleading For the more numerous OF
published on July Il; for the position Of court
had been published on May iS and list for in
terpreter had been published on September p.
each of these lists. Such appointments were not
made. however the persons named in this bill be
of repeated protests, The Civil Service Commission
This effort virtually to set aside the law In their
favor is the result
The bill of Assemblyman Wilson. of Kings
County establish the exterior pier line Of the
Borough Of Brooklyn, IS vetoed upon the grounds
that there seems be a question whether the
privileges granted should not be paid for, and
the which they should be granted.
The Governor says, to a bill presented by AS
seu1blyman Rogers: The general provision of the
statute prohibiting the sale liquor upon general
election days is one which has with the ap-
proval of all people in this State. and exception
should be made except for unanswerable reasons"
The Governor also dsapproves of the bill OF
ESGe bis-ua ard Of 70
monument brave soldier of the Civil
War, saying:
The State should exercise great caution in thus
way 70 avoid this type of injustice would be to
have some authoritative tribunal make report on
the matter.
The next two veto messages explain the acts
vetoed
Assembly bill L0a introduced by Mr.. wissel.
This bill proposes TO permit payments TO c; J.
J. H. Ratjen and Herbert 5. Harvey as assistant
clerks N me sly courts % t ,he CiE M
salaries Of both these persons In this case the
eRfsf easm is not even made that eligible lists did not
Assembly bill 1909 introduced by Mr. Marson.
This bili intends TO amend the tax law in relation
20 fees Of collections and provides that the col
Treasurer per cent as fees all taxes assessed
as NONRESIDENT returned TO the County Treasurer
are sb995 9m & tbGse M WhS Secoe n s ,b of td e
iector would receive no percentage whatever for
the return OF unpaid taxes from the residents of
and should not receive Executive approval.
There was contest before the Governor of con-
siderable bitterness bill OF Assemblyman
w. J. Sullivan, OF Utica. giving electric light
company having contract with city to supply
II with light permission 10 condemn land for its
use. The Governor vetoes the bill.
CHANGES WHICH ARE NOT NEEDED.
Governor Roosevelt also vetoed Senator Ford's
bill limiting city marshals the right dis
possession papers. and Assemblyman Falows's
bill, providing that upon the preferred cal
endars of the shall be heard in their order.
OF the former. he that business interests af
fected by IL opposed to IL, deeming that the
change would result in increased expense and, espe
cially at certain in great falling off in
the efficiency of the service rendered. OF the
latter he says: at is to the highest degree unde
sirable that the Legislature should take from the
courts the power of determining their own cal
endars unless for the most incontrovertible
reasons
Governor Roosevelt vetoed Senator Elsberg's bill
authorizing the Board Of Examiners of the Depart
CT Education of the city of New-York to
license teachers for the elementary schools city
graduates of the Normal College because it did
meet with the approval Of the Department OF
Education Of New-York
Another bill which the Governor vetoed was that
of Senator Punkitt regulating the practice of mid
wifery In NeW-York, on the ground that II was
disapproved by the medical societies.