Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
BILLS OF S514.OOO
GO UNSIGNED
Over-Burdened Treasury Is
Chief Cause of Decision,
Declares Governor Buck
SUNDAY SPORTS KILLED

SUNDAY SPORTS KILLED
BY his failure to give them is Of
fetal approval bills passed by the
recent General Assembly providing
for appropriations totaling about
$514,000 were permitted to die
Thursday by Governor c. Douglass
Buck. Under the Constitution he
has thirty days after final adjourn
ment of the Legislature for the
consideration of all measures pass
ed. Thursday was the last day and
all measures which he did not sign
automatically died. Governor Buck
was in his office in the new legisla-
tive building practically all day
and did not leave Dover until
about 10 o'clock Thursday night.
He did approve the general appro-
priations bill which provides the
necessary money for the operation
of the various State departments
for the next fiscal biennium but he
exercised his right of a pocket veto
on many measures that had been
designed to aid several institutions
and commissions. In a statement
he issued late Thursday night he
expressed his regret at having to
reject many of these worthy mea-
sures but pointed out that the gen
eral fund Of the State was unable
TO stand the strain of additional
expenditures and that to make
further appropriations would only
increase the deficit which will con-
front the State at the end of the
next biennium-
Sports Bill Dies
Appropriation bills were not the
only ones he permitted to die. He
refused to sign the bill permitting
Sunday football and baseball in
Wilmington and also the bill pro-
viding for a separate Board of Ap-
peals from city assessments in
that city. He rejected the bill for
the annexation of the revised code
and permitted the mothers pen
sion bill to die He also rejected
the teachers pension act and sew
eral Of the SO called welfare bills
among which was the measure ap-
propriating money for kindergart-
ems. He also refused to sign the
dill to pay those who acted as
automobile inspectors last year.
Governors Statement
Governor Q. Douglass Buck upon
leaving his Office issued the follow
ing statement:
with the Constitutional limit
for approval of bills passed by the
recent General Assembly expiring
at midnight there will remain on
my desk at that hour thirty-three
unsigned measures, twenty-six of
which carry appropriations from
the general fund of the State
Treasury in amounts approximat-
ing S514, 900, which acts by this
procedure will automatically die.
Forced to the conclusion by most
careful study of the finances of our
State ard after a very helpful con-
ference with some of its represent
ative citizens that this fund would
not Withstand such Withdrawals, it
was with much regret that some
of the more worthy of these appro-
priations could not meet with Ex-
ecutive approval.
Among these bill will be found
the 100000 enactment for the
Brandywine Sanatarium; S118,000
for new buildings at the Stockley
institution; $4,000 for a new in
firmary at the Ferris Industrial
School; the State Board of Char
titles appropriation of $4,000 for
child welfare; the bill for repairs
20 the Delaware State Hospital at
Farnhurst amounting to $65,000;
an additional amount of $4,000
for the Mothers Pension Commits
sion; $500 for repairs at the Del
aware Industrial School for Girls;
the National Guard appropriation
totaling S11, 900; an expenditure of
$4,000 for the testing of accredit-
ed herds of cattle and the so-called
ditch bill calling for the payment
of $65, 900 during the next fiscal
biennium.
at was also deemed necessary to
eliminate from the general budget
appropriation a distinct item of
$4,000 allocated to the Old Age
Welfare Commission for perman-
ent improvements at the State
Welfare Home because the financ-
es of the State will not permit
further expenditures of public
funds on this project at the pres
ent time.
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