The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-12

ate with his reasons 1nefelOT lue selO
of the act providing for the inVest1ga-
ton of the winding-up commission
and the attorney general. Action on
this veto was deferred until noon to-
morrow On motion Of Senator Carlisle.
The reasons are:
State of South Carolina,
Executive Department,
Message No. I.
To the Honorable, the Members Of
the Sel!a;e OF the State Of South Caro-
1ina-G2ntlenen: 7 herewith return TO
you, without my. signature, al act en-
titled AN Act to provide for an in
vestigation Of the acts alld coin3s OF
the State dispcAsaGy commission and
the acts and Goings of the attorney
general in connection Herewith, and
of the acts and doings Of the commit
tee o. the general assembly appointed
under concurrent resolution of the
general assembly, dated January 81,
1905, and of the acts and doings of any
other person or persons in any way
connected with the affairs of the State
dispensary and the investigation and
winding up thereof
return to you this Act, without my
signature, for the reason that, in my
opinion, under the provisions of the
Act any investigation which would
have been held would have been en-
tirely one-sided and a useless and
unnecessary expense to the State of
South Carolina, and for the further
reason that I decided to remove the
members of the then dispensary wind
ing-up commission and appoint an
entirely new commission, which did,
and who had the power, under the
then existing law, to do all that was
provided for in this Act to be done
by the committee to be appointed IN
der the provisions of this Act.
have absolutely no objection to the
freest and fullest Investigation of all
matters and of all parties connected
with the State dispensary system, and
I will render to you, or to the dispen-
Sary commission, all Of the personal,
political and official information, in
fuence and power, at my command, to
bring absolutely before the public any
and all transactions in regard to the
said State dispensacy, or any person
or persons who have ever been con-
nected Herewith. Very respectfully,
Cole. L. Blease,
Governor.
Columbia, S. c., January 9, 1912.
Passed IS to ,.
The veto of the Act relating to New
berry county, which was passed over
the veto by vote of 35 to 2, on mo-
Iion of Senator Johnstone, of New
Berry, was the only one considered
today. The governors reasons to this
are:
State of South Carolina,
Executive Department.
Message No. 4.
To the Honorable, the Members of
the Senate of the State of South Caro-
lna-Gentlemen: I herewith. return
to you, without my signature, an Act
entitled can Act relating to Newber-
Ty county," for the following reasons:
First. Because the Act is not pro-
perly titled.
Second. Because it interferes with
the~duties of the county commission
ers as now constituted in said county.
Third. Because it is in violation of
the constitution, Section XVII, Article
III, Constitution of 1895, which pro-
yides:
Section II. Every Act or resolu-
ton having the force of law shall re-
2ate to but one subject, and that shall
be expressed in the title"
In that it is proposed to be an Act
TO provide for bond inspectors in the
county of Newberry, while Section 4
thereof provides that, Immediately af-
ter the approval of the Act, the sheriff
of Newberry county shall appoint spe-
cial deputy sheriffs for the term of
s~o years, and provides their salaries
and duties, among which are the pa
trolling and policing of the county,
and to prevent or detect and prosecute
for the violation of the criminal laws,
ETC., this being in clear violation of
tho oonc+it51tion vhioh ,,-or;Soe +bot