Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-21
ERRORS IN THE ACTS.
Governor Blease Transmits Special
Message to Correct the Record.

IONeTHOT DlcdSc, Ou last riiudJ
transmitted to the general assembly
was nothing else to do about 1t, 1t was
printed in the Journals:
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
I respectfully beg leave to call to
your attention the following mistakes
in the acts Of 1912, and ask that you
order the same corrected in your Jour-
mails, and in the acts Of 1918:
It appears in the acts Of 1912 that
act No. 41S, page 1888, was not return
ed to the house in which it originated
within three days." BY reference to
your House Journal, page 1116, Mes
sage No. 48, you will see that I re-
turned this act to your house with my
veto; that the said veto message was
referred to the ways and means COM
mittee, and that the act was after
wards taken up and passed over my
veto.
You will find, in the acts of 1912,
that act No. 425, page 751, "and was
not returned by him to the house in
which it originated within three days"
BY reference to your House Journal,
1912, page 1875, you will find Message
No. so, wherein vetoed this act and
gave my reasons therefor, and you will
find this act was also passed over my
veto.
/ call your attention also to Act. No.
460, page S41, acts Of 1912, AN Act to
Prevent the Establishment OF 1ll-Shap-
ed Counties" In the acts Of 1912 1t Is
stated, "This act was presented to the
governor the 18th day Of February, A.
D. 1912, and was not returned by him
to the house in which 1t originated
within three days, the general assem-
bly, being in session" AS matter Of
fact, this act was passed at the session
Of 1911, and was held over by me un-
til the session of 1912, when 1t was
sent in to your house, with a special
message-see page 81, House Journal,
1912, Message No. Pin which I stat
ed: II have decided to allow this act
to become law without my signature
to the same, and IL the constitutional
ity thereof (of which I have serious
doubt) Is questioned, the courts are
open, to those interested, for the de-
termination of that ISSUE"
See also acts Of 1912, Appropriations
Act, Section "a, Item Is, under the
head of Miscellaneous" page 9S2,
John Keuker, refund, $1,652.94." II
you will see House Journal, 1912, page
1854, you will note that I disapproved
of Item 1S, Section "a, because" 1t Is
there stated 81 think this Is matter
which should be settled in the courts"
etc. On the question Of passing the
item over my veto, the yeas and nays
were demanded, resulting, Yeas, IA;
Nays, IA. In House Journal, page 1855
1t is stated: Having failed to receive
the necessary two-thirds vote Of this
house, the objections Of his excellency,
the governor, were sustained. and the
item failed to pass" 1t appears In the
general appropriation bill that this
item was passed and the refund order,
ed, and l am informed that the refund
has been made. If this be true, the
officers paying the money should have
been guided by the original act, and,
not having been so guided, they or
their bonds are responsible to the state
for this amount Of money; and l rec
ommend that you instruct the attorney
general to proceed to collect the same,
the veto of this appropriation having
been sustained by an almost unani-
nous vote instead Of only the neces-
sary two thirds. The state Is entitled
to have this money back, and Mr.. Keu-
ker Is not entitled to have 1t in his
pocket. OF course, this was mistake,
but somebody Is responsible. and the
taxpayers are not, and this money
should go back into the. treasury.
In this connection. beg to call to
your attention, without meaning any
reflection upon anybody, that care
full study of the acts Of 1912 will re-
veal many mistakes. I call attention
to the few which I have noted above,
tecause they directly interest me, and
do not propose, when I go before the
people again. to be presented with
false record, making 1t appear that
signed acts or allowed to become law
without my signature, acts which We
toed, causing me to have to explain by
saving, "This record Is incorrect"
but call 1t to your attention now, In
order to show how careless q will not
say inefficient) some Of the officials
your last general assembly elected,
have proven to be.
I beg further to call to your atten-
ton that II you will take the Code OF
Laws of 1912, Volumes 1 and 2, and
give them a very careful perusal, you
may be struck with the fact that some
body has failed to do his duty either
for the want of proper knowledge and
experience or as the result OF haste.
hope this will not cause the state or
any Of its citizens any particular in
convenience, but If taken advantage OF
in the courts, it may avail some crimi-
nal lawyer very much in some partic-
ulars.
There are other mistakes Of the last
general assembly which might call to
your attention, but as the people have
called attention to them by retiring SO
many Of its members, do not deem 1t
necessary now, for my present pur-
poses, to review this past record.
Very resDectfully,