The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-03-04
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO
MEET AGAIN THURSDAY
GOVERNOR CUT APPROPRIATION
BILL ABOUT S130,OOO.
Was Sustained in Only About $4,000
Legislature Worked All Satur-
day Night.
Special to The Herald and News

Special to The Herald and News
Columbia, March 3.-After spending
Saturday afternoon and Saturday
night, until 4 o'clock Sunday morning,
passing upon the items vetoed in the
general appropriation bill by the gov
ernor, the general assembly adjourned
until Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock, taking the position that GER
tain Acts sent by the governor to
the secretary of State, without the
signature of the governor, would not
become law until the next session OF
the general assembly, unless the gen.
eral assembly remained in session
three legislative days after the Acts
were delivered to the governor. The
governor has no Act in his office; OF
253 Acts sent him by the general as
sembly, all of them have either been
Sent over to the secretary of State,
or returned with veto messages to the
house in which they originated. Some
of these Acts, however, the governor
neither approved nor disapproved, and
simply sent them to the secretary OF
State, the secretary of State receSptlng
for them. There are those who take
the position that when an Act is re-
ceipted for from the governors office
by the secretary of State it is in the
same condition, so far as becoming
law is concerned, as if signed by the
governor. The general assembly,
however, took the other view, and ad-
journed until Thursday afternoon so
as to give three days for its eleventh
hour Acts to become laws. 1t is sup
posed the legislature will simply come
back and adjourn.
The general appropriation bill was
sent to the governor on Saturday
morning, as was the county supply
bill. The county supply bill was sign
ed by the governc: and ssnt to the
secretary of State. The veto message
on the general appropriation bill was
sent to the house Immediately upon its
reconvening at $50 o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, and the house struggled
with the vetoes until about midnight,
and then sent it over to the senate,
which finished with it about 4 o'clock
Sunday morning.
The governor vetoed items amount
ing to about $4,000, which, if sus-
tanned, would have reduced the levy
nearly one-half mill. Very few of the
vetoes on these items were sustained
the items on which vetoes were sus-
tanned by the legislature amounting
to only about $500.
Following are the items vetoed By
the governor and the action Of the
seneral assembly upon the vetoes:
The Governors VetOes.
Extra clerical services, comptroller
generals Office, $1,000 Veto oyerrid-
en by house, 81 to IS; overriden by
senate, 80 to H.
Printing, comptroller generals Of
fee, $500 Veto overriden by house,
SO to 19; overriden By senate, 81 to A.
Printing, State treasurer's office,
$4,000. Veto overriden by house 10
to %; overriden by senate, "a to p
Deficit for 1912, for lighting, 81
95452. Veto overriden by house, 13
to 21; oyerriden by senate, 2S to 81
Deficit for 1912, health department,
s2,536.62 (Veto overriden by house,
II to 19; overriden by senate, 32 to b
For books and blanks, investigation
and installation of system Of book
keeping and examination of financial
condition of counties, $4,000, tax de-
partment--vetoed on ground that same
matter is contended to be elsewhere
provided for in bill Veto overriden
by house, z to 26; overriden Nby
senate, 25 to l0)
Equipment University of South
Carolina, $4,000. Veto overridden by
house, 90 to 9; overriden by senate, 80
to ~
General expenses, University OF
South Caroliaa, $4,000. Veto over