entitled "An act to provide ways and means for the support of government ”. GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the city of Albany this [L S] sixth day of April in the year of our Lord nine'teen hundred. THEODORE ROOSEVELT By the Governor: WM. J. YOUNGS Secretary to the Governor CERTIFICATION OF THE NECESSITY OF THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2477SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLY BILL STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber TO THE LEGISLATURE: 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 2477 (Introductory No. 1736), entitled "An act making appropriations for certain ex penses 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 sixth day of April in the year of our Lord nine'teen hundred. [L S] By the Governor: WM. J. YOUNGS THEODORE ROOSEVELT Secretary to the Governor CERTIFICATION OF THE NECESSITY OF THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2476—SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLY BILL STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber TO THE LEGISLATURE: 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 2476 (Introductory No. 1551), entitled "An act making appropriations for certain ex penses 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 [L S] sixth day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred. THEODORE ROOSEVELT By the Governor: WM. J. YOUNGS Secretary to the Governor PROCLAMATION AS TO ARBOR DAY Proclamation by Theodore Roosevelt, Governor STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber The fourth of May next will be Arbor Day, established by statute. The school children of this State have planted more than two hundred thousand trees within the ten years in which Arbor Day has been recognized. Few similar efforts in recent years have been more thoroughly commendable than the effort to get our people practical y to show their appreciation of the beauty and usefulness of trees. The steady tendency towards the disproportionate growth of cities renders it all the more necessary to foster the things of the country. Thoughtful people are realizing more and more the immense importance of forests to the whole community, and although forest growth confers a special benefit which could not be conferred by the growth of the same number of trees isolated one from the other, yet the benefits conferred likewise by the latter are in their own way almost as great. In most of the districts of the State no tree ought ever to be cut down unless two are planted in its place. The custom of tree planting should be favored in every way. DONE at the Capitol in the city of Albany this [PRIVY SEAL] twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred. Memorandum filed with Assembly bill Introductory No. 726, Printed No. 1806, introduced by Mr. Green, entitled "An Act to amend section sixty-six of the Code of Civil Procedure, in reference to attorneys and counsellors' compensation"-Not approved I withhold my signature from this bill because in my judgment it is thoroughly vicious. It provides that no settlement of any law suit shall be valid without the consent of the attorneys or without an application to the court upon notice to the attorneys. The code now provides all necessary security for an attorney in that it gives him a lien upon the cause of action. This bill would be a benefit chiefly to the very lawyers whom the honorable members of their profession least desire to see benefited - that is, to those who bring suits for damages on account of accidents and who wish to be in a position to mulct both their own clients and the defendants in case of a settlement. In its first draft the bill applied only to negligence suits. As it was passed, it applies to all suits, An unscrupulous attorney might turn it to his advantage by bringing a blackmailing suit at the eve of any great commercial or railroad consolidation when it would be in his power to hold up a settlement involving great sums of money. In short, the possibilities for fraud which are afforded by this bill are so numerous that it is not entitled to any consideration. THEODORE ROOSEVELT REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION OF JUSTICE HERRICK STATE OF NEW YORK Executive Chamber WHEREAS the Honorable D. CADY HERRICK a justice of the Supreme Court of the Third Judicial District having been heretofore designated to sit as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in |