The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-15

Iclsed ad llbltum.
But, mind you, there is one bill
(which, if il does not reach the COVER
MOI prior to hte close of the session,
he cannot veto without hating the
wheels of government and necessitat-
ing the calling of an extraordinary
session to re-pass it, either over his
veto or in accordance with his views.
And extraordinary sessions of the leg
islature cost the people about 81 900
lper day and can be continued, at the
pleasure of the legislature. up to 20
days. The bill / refer to is the Gen
eral Appropriation bill. and in its lis
to 120 sections are the appropriations
for the support of all the state insti-
ltutions, Offices. boards and commits
sions, with some few minor excep-
tions. 1t is the bill which carries the
general budget of public expenditures
Now, il the governor had any
chance to veto this bill while the leg
islature is in session so that it could
be passed over his veto or amended to
suit his views without calling an ex-
traordinary session, there would be
some merit in what Mr. Boyle stated
But what are the facts. If you will
examine the Senate and Assembly
journals of the 25th and 26th sessions
of the legislature-the two sessions
that have occurred since ! have been
governor-you will find that in each
instance the general appropriation act
was the last bill considered on final
passage, within a few minutes of the
close of the session by constitutional
limitation and in point of fact did not
reach my Office until the legislature
had adjourned without day.
fBy referring to pages 40l and 402
of the journal of the assembly of the
twenty-sixth session, you will note
that Judge Fitzgerald of Eureka,
member of the assembly, protested
that while the legislative session was
required to come to an end at mid
night of Thursday, March 20, 1913, it
was then % minutes past 6 O'Clock of
Friday, March, 21, although the hands
of the official clock had been stopped
at 11:45 of the night before and had
net moved for some hours. You will
further discover that it was after this
hour of 6:25 a. m. of Friday, March
lei, or il:45 p. m. of March 90, which
ever you may choose to call it, that
the general appropriation bill-Sen-
ate Bill No. 1s4-was put on its final
passage in the house and passed, when
the legislature, without the transae-
tion of any further legislative bust
ness adjourned.
"Of course, | had ten days there
after in which to approve or veto that
bill; but if vetoed ii / did not have
a legislature to refer the veto to with
out calling an extraordinary session,
and if ! vetoed it, the wheels of gov
ernment in large part must stop. In
california, the governor can veto any
Isection of the general appropriation
act without vetoing the whole bill.
But under our constitution the whole
bill must be acted on.
~ think that this statement will
make it clear to anyone that legis-
lature, by holding up the general ap-
Ipropriation act until the last minute,
can make the governor agree to it
under the penalty of calling an extra
Sc. sion of the legislature at an expense
Of $1,000 per day to you people who
lpay taxes to support the state. y
Governor Oddie repeated parts of
his speech of few nights ago, also,
to prove that any extravaganza dur
ing the last four years was due to the
Democratic legislature which has con-
Isistently opposed hits every move to
cut down the expenses of running the
business of the state.
''There was proposition to build
a new penitentiary hanging over this
state when | took office four years
ago. he said "This contract had
been executed few days before !
was sworn in. The plans for this i'm
lpcsing structure were being prepared
at the time by the then state engi-
neer, Mr.. Emmett ID. Boyle, who had
visited several eastern penitentiaries
lat the expense of the taxpayers. In
the interest of economy, he concluded
THAT a prison costing $355,000, or
al out twice what the capitol of the
state cost was about what Nevada
needed. / investigated prison matters
land found that the crowded condition
of our penitentiary could he alleviat
ed by relieving the congestion w'thi'
the walls. That was accomplished
Iemploying as many cf the better class
of inmates as we could in road bu'lN
ling. The situation was solved N tha
manner. Meanwhile ] directed the at
torney general to investigate the lege
status of the contract for the new pr''
! on. He found il defective ara r.
contract was abrogated. Thus | su
Iceeded in saving to you taypayer
vour proportion of that S3a5ooh
did not need a $355,000 prison the
and we do not need one now. We arc
well able to take care of all OF our
ineorrigibles.
ssCharges of extravaganza coming
from the Democratic party of Neva
! IA are ridiculous. Let me give you
, another instance of their extravaganza
1.-THE 25th session Of the legislature was
asked by me to make an investigation
! of all state Offices. boards and com
! missions. They failed to do it. 1 re
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