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priations for certain expenses of government and supplying deficiencies in former appropriations".

GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the

State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this [LS] twenty-fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety

nine.

By the Governor:

WM. J. YOUNGS

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Secretary to the Governor

CERTIFICATION OF THE NECESSITY OF THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL No. 1489 - THE

RAPID TRANSIT BILL

STATE OF NEW YORK

TO THE LEGISLATURE:

Executive Chamber

It appearing to my satisfaction that the public interest requires it;

THEREFORE In accordance with the provisions of section fifteen of article three of the Constitution and by virtue of the authority thereby conferred upon me, I do hereby certify to the necessity of the immediate passage of Senate bill number 1489 (Introductory number 585) entitled "An Act to amend chapter four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled 'An Act to pro

vide for rapid transit railways in cities of over one million inhabitants,' and the acts amendatory thereof ".

GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the

State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this [LS] twenty-fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetynine.

By the Governor:

WM. J. YOUNGS

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Secretary to the Governor

VETO OF ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1225, RELATING TO COMMISSIONER OF JURORS FOR ALBANY COUNTY

STATE OF NEW YORK

Executive Chamber

Albany, April 25, 1899

TO THE ASSEMBLY:

I herewith return without approval Assembly bill printed No. 1223 introduced by Mr. McEwan, entitled "An Act to amend chapter 557 of the laws of 1894, entitled 'An Act to provide for a commissioner of jurors in counties containing cities of from ninety to ninety-six thousand inhabitants', in relation to the commissioner of jurors of Albany County".

This is a bill, unfortunately not of an unusual type. It is a piece of special legislation very thinly disguised as general legislation. It amends a general act which applied.

only to Albany and Rensselaer Counties so as to make the old act apply only to Rensselaer County and the new act only to Albany. It very nearly doubles the salary of the man now in office, and makes a change in the appointing power. It is questionable whether the courts would decide the act to be constitutional. In any event, its constitutionality would have to be tested in the courts. It is clearly and purposely drawn so that if it does not violate, it evades, the constitutional requirements. If there were a great public policy to be served, I might, though reluctantly, sign the bill, and run the risk of having it declared unconstitutional; but there is no sufficient reason for enacting the law in its present shape. The end sought can be reached quite as well, if the circumstances warrant it, by including Albany and Rensselaer with other counties in the general law.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

CERTIFICATION OF THE NECESSITY OF THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL No. 1492, RELATING TO ELECTIONS

STATE OF NEW YORK

TO THE LEGISLATURE:

Executive Chamber

It appearing to my satisfaction that the public interest requires it;

THEREFORE In accordance with the provisions of section fifteen of article three of the Constitution and by virtue of the authority thereby conferred upon me, I do hereby certify to the necessity of the immediate passage

of Senate bill number 1492 (Introductory number 608) entitled "An Act to amend chapter nine hundred and nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled 'An Act in relation to the elections, constituting chapter six of the general laws,' and the several acts amendatory thereof."

GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this [LS] twenty-sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetynine.

By the Governor:

WM. J. YOUNGS

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Secretary to the Governor

VETO OF ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1457, AMENDING THE GREATER NEW YORK CHARTER AS TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

STATE OF New York
Executive Chamber

Albany, April 27, 1899

TO THE ASSEMBLY:

I herewith return without approval Assembly bill printed No. 1109-1457 introduced by Mr. Meister, entitled "An Act to amend 'The Greater New York Charter', relative to the legislative department ".

This bill purports to be an amendment of a section. In reality it is a repeal of a section. The framers of the New York Charter very wisely applied to members of the Mu

nicipal Assembly the same rule made applicable by the Constitution of the State (Sec. 7, Art. III) to members of the State Legislature, by prohibiting them during the term for which they were elected from being eligible for appointment to any other office under the city. It also prohibits them from being contractors with or an employee of the city. The present bill nullifies this provision by adding a clause which permits any member of the Municipal Assembly to avoid the provisions of the section by simply resigning membership in the said Assembly. All the considerations which made it wise to enact the original section make it unwise now to nullify it by this amendment.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

CERTIFICATION OF THE NECESSITY OF THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL No. 2451, AMENDING THE LAW REGULATING ENROLLMENT

STATE OF NEW YORK

TO THE LEGISLATURE:

Executive Chamber

It appearing to my satisfaction that the public interest requires it;

THEREFORE In accordance with the provisions of section fifteen of article three of the Constitution and by virtue of the authority thereby conferred upon me, I do hereby certify to the necessity of the immediate passage of Assembly bill number 2451 (Introductory number 1106) entitled "An Act to amend chapter one hundred

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