On page 78: "For the salary of one additional special agent, eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800)." On page 79: "For expenses of delegates to international tax conference and printing of the proceedings thereof, five hundred dollars ($500), or so much thereof as may be necessary. The printed report of such conference to be distributed under the direction of the state board of tax commissioners." On page 91: "For Jastrow Alexander for disbursements as state inspector of gas meters, three hundred forty-two dollars seventy-two cents ($342.72), or so much thereof as may be necessary." On page 96: "For Doctor William P. Sprattling for deficiency in compensation and for disbursements as superintendent of Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea between November fourteenth, eighteen hundred ninety-four and April first, eighteen hundred ninety-five, to be paid upon filing a receipt in full for all claims against the state for services and disbursements, twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).” On pages 96 and 97: "for rock excavation, concrete, railings and general repairs, including new stairs and bridges, five thousand dollars ($5,000);" On page 97: "for designs and plans, five hundred dollars ($500); ' On page 97: For the construction of the superintendent's house, seven thousand dollars ($7,000);' On page 97: "and for the construction of a bathing pavilion, ten thousand dollars ($10,000)." On page 97: "For Hiram E. Smith, for feed and care of forty-two head of cattle, from October twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and four, to July tenth, nineteen hundred five, at twenty-five cents per head per day, tested for tuberculosis by order of the commissioner of agriculture and held for the time above stated, two thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars ($2,625), or so much thereof as may be necessary." On page 98: "For the trustees of the Mount Tabor Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth at number fifty-seven West One Hundred Thirty-fourth street, New York city, for maintenance, improvements, repairs, books, equipment and incidental expenses, one one thousand dollars ($1,000)." 66 On page 98: For the treasurer of the American Seaman's Friend Society the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), as a loan, pursuant to the conditions of the original loan made by chapter one hundred seventy-three of the laws of eighteen hundred forty; said ten thousand dollars ($10,000) having been paid into the treasury in the condemnation proceedings instituted by the city for acquiring the site for the approaches to the Williamsburg bridge." On page 99: "For payment to contractor, for work performed in connection with foundations and repairs to the Guild house of All Saints' cathedral, adjoining the site of the state education building, Albany, New York, made necessary by the character of the soil, and for such investigations and expert assistance as may be necessary to determine the value of the work performed, the sum of fifty-eight thousand dollars (re. $58,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable on certificate of the state architect, upon the execution of a proper release postponing the final determination of the question whether said work constitutes an extra under the terms of said contract until final settlement of same, said release to be approved as to form by the attorney-general. The same to be paid out of the appropriation heretofore made by chapter five hundred and eighty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred - seven for construction of said education building." 66 On page 100: For the expenses of the governor, his staff and the committee of the legislature to be appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly to attend such exposition on New York day, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid on the certificate of the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly." On page 100: "To supply the deficiency in the appropriation provided by chapter six hundred and fifty-four, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to be paid upon the filing of the proper vouchers in accordance with the provisions of such chapter to Rollin G. Wilkins, four hundred and forty-six dollars ($446), or so much thereof as may be necessary." These items are objected to upon the ground that they are severally either unnecessary or unconstitutional, or in view of the demands upon the State, are inexpedient at this time, or do not represent obligations of the State which should be recognized and discharged in this manner. Pursuant to section 9 of article IV of the Constitution I object to each of the above mentioned items contained in said bill (Assembly bill No. 1906, Senate reprint No. 1577) while approving of the other portion of the bill. And I hereby append to the bill at the time of signing it this statement of the items to which I object. (Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES The Annual Appropriation Bill-Items Vetoed Albany, May 22, 1909 MEMORANDUM filed with Assembly bill No. 2415, entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of government." STATEMENT of items of appropriation of money, contained in said bill, which are severally objected to, to wit: On page 16, under the heading Court of Claims: "For the expenses and disbursements of each judge, two thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly, seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).” On pages 16 and 17, under the heading of Legislature: "For the clerks of the senate and assembly, for clergymen officiating as chaplains, to be paid at the rate of five dollars for each day of attendance; for printing, stationery, supplies, file boards and record-books; for preparation, proof-reading and comparison of journals, documents and financial reports; for clerical and stenographic services; for preparation and revising legislative manual and clerk's manual; for books and blanks; for care of bills, documents and library; for law books and binding of books and records; for furniture, alteration and repairs of legislative rooms; for expense of receiving reports and printed documents and storing, addressing and forwarding the same; for engrossing resolutions and for other legislative and contingent expenses, to be paid upon the certificate of the clerk of the senate or assembly, respectively, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary." 66 On page 21, under the heading Office of the Comptroller: 'For the Bank of Manhattan Company, for keeping transfer office and for stationery for same, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or so much thereof as may be necessary.” On page 38, under the heading of Department of Agriculture State Fair Commission: "for printing and advertising, ten thousand dollars ($10,000);" 'for maintenance, improvement of grounds and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000); for the payment of premiums at the state fair to be held in nineteen hundred and ten, forty thousand dollars ($40,000)." The foregoing items are severally objected to upon the ground that they are either unnecessary or inexpedient at this time. On page 32, under the heading of Department of Agriculture: "one assistant commissioner in the second district, who shall have been a resident of that district at least nine years, three thousand dollars ($3,000)." This item, with its unnecessary restriction, cannot be approved. Pursuant to section 9 of Article IV of the Constitution I object to each of the above mentioned items contained in said. bill (Assembly bill No. 2415) while approving of the other portion of the bill. And I hereby append to the bill at the time of signing it this statement of the items to which I object. (Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES Providing for a Survey and Plans for the Acquisition of Harbor Terminals by the State in the Port of New York STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER Albany, May 22, 1909 MEMORANDUM filed with Assembly bill No. 469, entitled "An act to provide a survey and plans for the acquisition of harbor terminals by the state in the port of New York, by the construction of an artificial waterway between Flushing and Jamaica bays, and providing an appropriation there for." NOT APPROVED. The object sought to be attained by this bill can receive proper consideration in the course of the inquiry authorized by Senate bill No. 931 with regard to providing suitable terminal facilities for the canals of this State with the view of ultimately improving and fostering the State's commerce. The latter bill provides for an investigation by the State Engineer, the Superintendent of Public Works, the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Consulting Engineers and the Special Examiner of Canal Lands. I have approved the said Senate bill because it is wider in scope than the bill relating solely to the connection between Flushing and Jamaica bays and permits the investigation of all questions relating to proper terminal facilities. It does not appear that there is any need of both bills. (Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES |