The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-05-02
CUTS S69,2O7
FROM FISCAL BILL
Governor Said to Indicate His
Displeasure over Lobbying for
Items Not in Budget.
VETO ELECTION CODIFlCATI0N
Whine Law Repealers, Increase of
Prosecutors in First Glass Counties
and Extension Of Borrowing
Capacity Are Disapproved.

Trenton WELDING the executive
axe upon appropriation bills passed
by the legislature, Governor Edge dis
approved items aggiegating $69,207.
The appropriation bill in its original
form authorized appropriations
amounting to S13, .336.64.
Before quitting the state house Gov
ernor Edge disposed of all remaining
measures in his hands, thus bringing
to conclusion the work of the SEES
sion. Among the measures disap-
proved was Senate LOG. which was the
proposed revision of the election laws
prepared by the Bureau of Research
of the State Chamber of Commerce.
As a result of the legislative session
Governor Edge has signed 26l bills
and nine joint resolutions and has
vetoed or disapproved 4G measures.
Last year he approved 300 measures
and five joint resolutions and vetoed
or disapproved rs bills
In giving his reason for disap-
proving various items in the appropri-
hllOh UNI NpNVlbOA i>uSt biNh a. f9N'h''
ment, remarking that under the CON
stitution he is not permitted to reduce
any item of appropriation, but must
either approve or disapprove ii in its
entirety. He found il necessary,
therefore, to strike out entirely some
items when he would otherwise have
approved of smaller amount had the
law permitted such action. In num-
Der of cases. the governor said, he had
vetoed items 10 bring the appropria-
ton of Il particular department nearer
the amount recommended in his an
nual budget transmitted to the Iegis-
lature when it convened.
IF the law had permitted" said
Governor Edge, Il would. of course,
have preferred to have scaled down
these items where | thought ii iusti
fed, but, as explained, this is not pos
sble, so that because items have been
vetoed i'll their entirety it does not
il, every case mean that there should
tr no appropriation for that particular
activity"
Considered as a Rebuke.
Ihe action of the governor in dis
erally accepted here as a means he has
adopted of showing his displeasure at
The activity displayed by members Of
sariouS departments and institutions
n seeking to secure appropriations in
excess of those submitted to or ap-
proved by the Budget Commission
Throughout the entire session ii was
notorious that number of depart
Ments sought to increase the appro-
priations recommended by the Budget
Commission through Il direct appeal
TO the members of the Appropriations
Committee.
Governor Edge is understood to feel
taat if such practice is allowed to be
continued successfully il will lead ulti-
mately to multiplying the work of the
Budget Commission. making the APP
propriations depend in large measure
upon the pressure brought to bear by
department heads or institutional
managers upon the Appropriations
Committee
The specific items disapproved by
the governor We're as follows: State
Home for Boys, materials for new
Kitchen and extension to dining room,
$4,000; state prison, dairy barn at
Leesburg farm, $4,000: Home for
Feeble Minded at Vineland. research
department, S5,T00, and overhauling
water system and drilling new wells,
$1,000; BordentOwn School for Col
ored Youth, moving and remodeling
house for domestic science, $4,000
Agricultural College. maintenance of
farm grounds, $1,000; Agricultural
Experiment Station, cranberry inyes-
tigation, $1,000; experimental work in
growing potatoes and tomatoes. So
900; Department of Agriculture, chief
tf publicity bureau, $1,000: commits
sioner Of education. physical training,
two assistant superintendentS, $4,000;
Department of Labor. in"' lentalS. ST.
600; Public Library Commission. in
cidentals, $500; summer school, $500
Commissioner for the Blind. inciden-
tails. SCOT; higher education for the
'Aii''is f'N'' iNf4iiNNN iAtlOl v. au-
tomobile, 81. 800; Reformatory for Wo-
men, sundry supplies, $500.
Errors in Election Bill.
In disappearing Senate LOG, revising
the election laws of the state. Gov
ernor Edge filed the following state
ment:
Il regret exceedingly the necessity
of filing this bill without my approval,
as it bears in evidence of a great deal
of hard, conscientious work and of re-
markable preparation. However, in
going over the bill section by section
and as general proposition, with
legal experts and with men expert
enced in the practical operation of
our election laws, am convinced that
the enactment of this cOdification
would serve only to add to the con-
fusion which already exists with ref
erence to the election laws of the
state. The bill does not contain any
specific repeater, but merely pro-
vides that any act or parts of acts in
consistent with Senate 106 are re-
pealed. The effect of this would be
30 oblige any one endeavoring 10 find
Tbrao Ma4ion.I Guard Iin;+e