The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-31

expenses of receiving. storing addressing z
and forwarding reports and printed dcou-
n,ents. including the rental Of rooms for
came; for printing and furnishing the 1,egis-
laNve Manual and Clerks Manual; for law
and reference books and publications for
the Senate and Assembly library. and COM
mittees of the Legislature and the Legisla-
tire for legislative indices to Senate and
Assembly bills, journals and documents.
for extra clerical and stenographic SER
vices: for furniture. alteration and repairs
Of legislative rooms and for other cOutin-
gent expenses Of the Legislature. 10 be paid
upon the certificate OF the clerk OF the
Senate or Assembly respectively: also for
any balance remaining unpaid Of the vari-
Gus amounts heretofore certified by the
temporary President OF the senate and the
chairman Of the committee OF the whole
Of the Senate Of the session for 1910: for the
expenses and compensation OF expert wit
nesses and Of counsel employed during the
investigation ordered by the resolution Of
the Senate adopted January 25. 1910. e2?O.-
600. or 40 much thereof az may he necessary.
; In vetoing this item Gov. Dix says
Section Il of Article III. Of the Constitu-
tion provides that no money shall ever be
paid out Of the Treasury OF this State or
any OF its funds or any Of the funds under
its management except In pursuance OF
an appropriation by law and every
such law making new appropriation or
continuing or reviving an appropriation
lehall distinctly specify the sum appro-
priated and the object to which II Ia TO be
applied and II shall not he sufflcient for
; such law to refer to any other law to n y
such sum.
. The public and the Legislature have n
constitutional right to know the object
for which an appropriation is made and
: the amount Of money whicn Ia to he applied
J to that object Under this Item as II stands
; the impossibility of Rscertaining 10 what
object this money il TO be applied. or II
not all to he applied 10 one object the i'm
possibility OF ascertaining the sum to he
,applied to each object is apparent 1T per-
mits the money 20 be applied to one or
more objects to the exclusion of the rest
'or to be divided among them all
. What legislative committees have ex-
.ceeded the appropriations made TO them
what 10 the amount OF their respective
deficiencies and how much OF the sum appro-
.priated Ia to he applied TO make good such
deficiencies?
What balance remains unpaid Of the
various amounts heretofore certified by
the temporary President OF the Senate and
the chairman of the committee Of the
whole of the senate for the session Of 1910.
what was the purpose of these various
expenditures and how much is to be applied
toward these dchCienciesp
What are I. r .. renses and compensate ion
Of expert w.OeSs-s and of counsel EN-
ployed durinv the investigation ordered
by the resolution Of the Senate adopted
january -. 1910, and what amount is to
be expended for this purpose;
What are the other contingent expenses
,of the Legislature. how much is to he ap-
piled to them and why are they not in the
$50. 900 appropriated for this purpose?
A am unable to answer these questions
and must veto the entire item or let IL stand,
the entire item is disallowcd
The item OF Sl5O.OOO for extra COM
,pensation to legislative employees which
the Governor vetoed reads as follows:
For deficiency for the compensation and
mileage of members and officers of the
Legislature and for compensating the
officers and employees of the Senate and
Assembly. including persons employed
under section - OF the legislative law.
whose compensation is fixed at a stated
sum for the annual session OF the I.egis-
lature. for services rendered at the annua,
session of 1911 subsequent to the first i?O
calendar days thereof but not to exceed a
period Of seventy days. at a rate per diem
for each such officer or employee which he
would have received If the annual session
had terminated at the end OF i2O days,
payable in the same manner as the regular
compensation of such offlcer or employee is
paid, the sum OF $780, 900 or so much thereof
as may be necessary.
The Governor gives the following rea-
sons for vetoing this item:
This item is d isapproved for the reason
that il violates the Constitution Of the state
OF New York. Section IS of Article III of the
Constitution provides that the Legislature
ut
TO any public efficer. servant. agent or con
tractor ms provision in the bill III effect
grants additional compensation to the
ontcers and employees of the Senate and
Assembly, whose compensation is fixed AT
2 stated sum for the annual session of the
Legislature. II also provides for the com.
pensatlon and mileage OF members and
officers of the Legislature whose compensa-
tion ls not fixed. lnasmuch as /, is impos-
q OF Article II, OF the Constitution PROV
thai, every law making an appropriation
shall distinctly specify the sum appro-
priated and the object to which II Is to ne
applied The item. comprising two dis
tlnct objects and one appropriation, violates
also THIS provision OF the Constitution.
Among the items vetoed in the appro.
praton and supply bills we're the fol-
lowing:
Expenses Of investigation ny Governor,
0,0O0; steel filing cases in Comptr roller =
Office, S35, 600; Attorney General investi-
oss''h' Svi''''' '''otV AiNoNh department
tuberculosis campaign. $4,000, and for
investigation of effect Of cold storage
on food, 10000; for an insane curative
reception hospital in New York city
$50, 900; for New York monument com
mission at Andersonville, Ga $50. .OOO
for States share of condemning toll
bridges. $50 900. and for n greenhouse in
the Cornell University agricultural school
$4,000
The Governor vetoed all the appropria-
tions in the supply bill for creek and road
improvements, including $50, 600 to i'm
prove the Piercefield State road in ST
Lawrence county on the ground that it is
unconstitutional to incorporate in a
supply bin an item for local purpose.
An Appropriation of 81 500 each for
Assemblymen Waters of Albany and
Kopp and Spielberg Of New York city
for expenses in defending the title to
their seats in the Assembly was vetoed
because the Governor says these expenses
should first be audited by the State Comp
troller
The Governor also vetoes the item OF
$500 TO Harry s. Patton for legal ser
. vices in connection with the state
Engineers Department
Out Of the two big legislative items in
the annual supply bill vetoed by the
Governor it was intended to pay counsel
for Otto Kelsey for defending his title
to the Office of Superintendent of Insur-
ance AZ we'll as counsel in the Aids trim