Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-17
Doubted
God'Orthe
Governor
West Said only Act Of God
Could Create Deficiencies
but the Senator's OVer-rOde
His Veto Just the Same

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Over the veto Of Governor West the
much mooted senate bills Nos, 1877 and
129 were passed this morning and re-
ferred to the house for action. Bill
No. 1877 provides for the amendment of
section 1926, Lords Oregon Laws, so
as to prohibit the auditing of claims
by the secretary Of state after an ap-
preparation has been exhausted, or
without appropriation first having
been made for the claim. Bill No. 129
is companion bill and was drafted
with a view to preventing deficiencies
in institutions pnd departments of
state and providing an emergency
board to provide for the expenditure
of moneys in the event an emergency
shall exist.
The judiciary committee to which
athe bills We're referred for considera-
tion split on the measures and report.
ed without recommendation. The vote
however was overwhelming for the
passage of the bills. The vote on bill
No. 127 stood, aye 21, no G, absent 3.
The vote on bill No. 129 was aye 23,
no 4, absent g. The individual votes
on the two measures follow:
S. b. No. 127-Ayes: Barrett, Bur-
CESS, Day, Dimick Farrell, Hawley
Hollis, Hoskins, Joseph, Kellaher, Kid
die, Lester Moser, Perkins, Ragsdale
/. S. Smith, j. G., Smith, Stewart
Thompson, Won der HELEN, wood
Noes: Bean, McColloch, Miller, Patton
Malarkey. Absent: Calkins, Carson
Neuner.
S. B. No. 129-Ayes: Barrett, Bean
Burgess, Day, Dimick, Farrell, Haw-
ley, Hollis, Hoskins, Joseph, Kiddle
Lester, Moser, Patton, Perkins, Rags
dale, /. S. Smith, j. c. Smith, Stewart
Thompson, Won der HELEN, Wood, Ma
larkey Noes Butler, Kellaher, Nc
Colloch, Miller, Absent: Calkins
Carson, Neuner.
Lengthy Debate on Bills.
Both bills were debated for a full
hour and a half before the vote were
taken. Senator Wood, author of the
bills, spoke at length and was sup
ported by Dimick, Thompson and Day
McColloch, Butler and Miller fought
the bills.
The first Of the two bills provides
that no warrant shall be drawn by the
secretary of state in payment of any
claim against the state unless an ap'
preparation has first been made fol
the payment Of the claim, nor that any
claim OF any character shall be audit
ed, nor any evidence Of audit, be is
sued by the secretary of state to any
claimant, except an appropriation hat
first been made for the payment there
OF and such appropriation has not beer
exhausted.
Radical, Says Governor
In his veto message on the bill thu
governor declared that the bill wa
radical. He said that should It becom,
a law and the legislature at any time
either Intentionally or through over
sight, fail to provide funds sufiicien
for the maintenance Of the several In
seltutions, or should a fire destroy an,
OF the buildings and necessitate re
pairs or reconstruction Of the build
ings, the board would be absolutel
helpless. The governor promised 4
the veto message that the business O
the state would be 30 conducted dur
ing the next biennium that ther
would be no need of such bill
"The demand for the BILL" said tn
executive, grows out of the past praC
tice OF old boards in allowing larg
deficiencies to accumulate at the en-
OF each biennial period. This the pres
ent board proposes to avoid, and in bt
half Of the boards, promise you, tn
affairs of this state will be so COZ
Quoted during the next blenuial perio
as to give you no cause TO wish I'll
enactment Of this measure.
Fears God Only.
The second Of the bills provides thu
II shall be unlawful for any of Il
state officials or trustees, manager
directors, superintendents or boart
of commissioners Of any Of the publ
institutions or departments Of Il
state to create a deficiency, incur Ii
bility, or to expend a greater sum
money than is appropriated by q
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