The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-03-05
PASSED ITEMS OVER VETOES.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY REFUSED
TO SUSTAIN OBJECTIONS
RAISED IN MOST IN
STANCES.
those Relating To State COlOrcd Col
lcgc aS to Agricultural Extension
Work and Summer school Killed.
Senate Works.

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senate and four items in the house
| both branches of the legislature mass
ed the appropriation bill as reported
Inc items referred to below, on which
| the veto of the goVernorw as placed
were discussed at length, and if was
early morning before the work of tbe
TWO houses came to temporary close.
Ihen, with the appropriation bill
passed and made law at $50 this
morning, the two houses prepared to
take recess until Wednesday or
Thursday of this week.
The governor vetoed two sections
and Is separate items in the appro-
priation bill. The house passed the
TWO vetoed sections and "a Of the
vetoed items by the necessary two
'hird majority Of the vote cast. Then
the entire appropriation bill was
passed again by the house and sent
to the senate.
FIVE of the nine items in the bill
FOR the University of South Carolina
We're vetoed by the governor. but all
of them were passed over the "no"
of the chief executive.
The entire section Of the bill for
the historical commission of South
carolina was vetoed by the governor.
as well as the items in it for work on
the Confederate records and print
ing. These vetoes were also over
ridden.
The house received the veto mes
sage at 4.l5 p. m. 1t was sent to the
senate this morning at 1925 a. m.
MIR Dick Of Sumter, chairman of
the ways and means committee, ex
planned the vetoed items for the ben
eft of the members, and in one in
stance asked that the governors veto
be sustained, which was done unani-
mously.
Roll call followed roll call as
rapidly as possible and item after item
was passed over the veto. The more
important items vetoed and the ac-
ton taken on them are given below:
The house took a recess at Gas d. IN.
until S.l5 p. m. and suspended at
1890 p. m. for 20 minutes to hear
William j. Bryan.
The governor vetoed in the appro-
priation for the University of South
Carolina the item of $4,000 for equip
ment. w. a. James OF Lee, MIR. Dick
Of Sumter and Mr.. Kibler Of Newberry.
spoke in favor Of passing the item
over the veto, which the house did by
a vote of SO to 8.
The item of $4,000 for the univer-
sity's general expenses was also We
toed by the governor. 1t, too, was
passed by a vote Of 80 to 9.
Likewise the governor disapproved
the appropriation of $4,000 for i'm
proving and equipping the students
versity. Mr.. Dick OF Sumter and MIR.
Lumpkin OF Richland told OF the
pressing need for this Improvement.
The item was passed by a vote Of 81
to IA.
The appropriation of $4,000 for
completing the new dormitory at the
university was vetoed by the governor.
The house was told Of the pressing
need for more rooms for the students
at the university by Messrs. Dick Of
sumter and Blackwell Of Laurens, and
the item was passed by a vote of
so to Is.
The governor vetoed the item of
Sl7,5OO for extending the heating
plant at the university, but the house
ovcrrode it by a vote of S5 to II.
At 7.15 p. m. the house took a
recess until SIS p. m.
Whe the house reopcned, the
house took up the veto of the govern
or Of the item for 81 900 for agricul-
tural extension work at the State col
orcd Industrial and Mechanical col
legc. Ry a vote of 81 to 30, the house
sustained the veto. This Was the first
vetoed item i'm the bin on which the
house sustained the governor
The governor vetoed the item OF S.
600 for tn" Confederate Home col
lcgc in Charicst.H. an institution for
the education of female descendants
of Confcdcrat" Veterans, which has
done splendid work. Mr.. Wander Horst
and Mr Mclh of Charleston asked
IA" house to override the veto. which
WAS done 10y vote of SO to Il.
The governor vetoed the entire SOC
tion for the historical commission of
South Carolina, carrying total Of
: a. . .;.,I 4.