The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-03-10
Veto Message Received.

the governor with his message which
was No. 80 of this session. He re-
turned the bill without his signature.
The governors message, vetoing %
items in the general appropriation bill,
was read in full 10 the house. Then
the house went into the consideration
of the various vetoed items.
The first veto vas the provision re-
curing that the State librarian should
turn over TO the State each month all
money received by her for the sale Of
books, ETC., as other State officials
are required to do. By vote Of "a
to ~ the house sustained the veto.
The governor vetoed the item of
$4,000 for purchasing meters and gen
eral repairing for public buildings.
Mr.. Dick said the appropriation had
been asked for by the State electri-
clan. By a vote of 80 to 81, the house
sustained the veto.
The item Of $1,000 for repairing
the heating plant was vetoed. In his
veto message, the governor said this
item was for repairs to the heating
at the governors mansion 1t was
stated on the floor Of the house that
the chief executive was wrong in this
assumption and the appropriation was
for repairs to the heating plant Of the
State house. By vote of 50 to %,
the house overruled the governors
veto.
The item of $1,000 for preparing and
printing the State handbook by the
department of agriculture was vetoed.
By vote of 81 to At, the house sus-
tanned the veto.
The appropriation for $4,000 for the
expenses and salaries Of the State
board of medical examiners was OBJ
jected to by the governor. The house
overrode his veto by a vote of 81 to
.27.
The governor vetoed the item of
$4,000 for the tax department for
books and blanks, investigation and in
stallation of system Of bookkeeping
and examination of financial condition
of counties. By a vote of 81 to 46,
the house sustained the veto.
AT. , o'clocktne house receded until
$3.50 o'clock
Library Section Stands.
The governor disapproved of the
following proviso in the section for the
University of South Carolina:
provided, That the board of trustees
of the University of South Carolina be
empowered to permit the erection on
the grounds of the university, under
such restrictions as they may deem
wise, building to be used as free
public library
Mr.. Dick said that by passing the
proviso over the veto the State could
get library building worth 100000
which would be open TO everybody.
By a vote of 81 to %, the house re-
fused to sustain the governors veto
of this provision.
The following members voted to
sustain the veto:
Nays: Addy, ]. w. Ashley, N. J.
Ashley, Creech, Halle, H. F. Harrel
son, Hardin, Holley, Irby, J es,
Kellehan, Kelly, Kirby, Lybrand,
Melf, Miller, Moore, Nelson, Ritten-
berg, Robertson, W. S. Rodgers, Jr., W.
W. Scott, senseney-23.
The governor vetoed the item Of
$4,000 for building a hospital at the
State Colored college at Orangeburg.
By a vote of Al to 81 the house sus-
tanned the veto.
Mr. Lilies of Orangeburg made
strong appeal to the house to pass the
item over the veto.
81 am not asking you for anything
for the negroes" Mr.. Lilies told the
house but 1 am asking you to make
this appropriation for the protection
of the white people of Orangeburg,
who are daily exposed to contagious
diseases because there is no place to
treat the negro students when they are
i'll with such diseases"
By a vote of 81 to "a the house sus-
tained the governors veto of the item
of $500 for running the farms at
State Park.
Soldiers Home.
The governor vetoed the following
item in the appropriation bill:
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