Show GOVERNOR VETOES MT ML PLEASANTS PLEASANT'S APPROPRIATION BILL Says that Responsibility of State in Sho Shouldering Shouldering- Shouldering Responsibility ld ring Responsibility of Citi Cities Cities' s' s Burdens Open to to Question 1 After ft r se several weeks s of h hard bard rd work on Oil the e p part rt of if citizens of b Mount Mount- Mount Pleasant to secure an an appropriation appropriation ap ap- p- p tion of from the State to assist in making repairs to dom damage ge caused by the e Hoods floods last lust summer in that ci city y their labors came to o naught last Monday Mon Mon- Monday day when Governor Bamberger vetoed the mea measure re which was intro introduced uc d by Representative n Hinckley y of Mount Pl asa which was was passed by both houses lOuses of f. f the legislature ture In vetoing the bill the States State chief executive ex made mad the fol following following fol- fol lowing explanation I am inclined to withhold my ray approval of the bill for two reasons reasons reas reas- e s. s ons ons the first of which is insufficient insufficient insufficient funds Ordinarily ly the other oth oth- er reason would be of of but little con consequence but in t this is instance I am of f the opinion that it t. t may maybe maybe maybe be offered with propriety The fhe principle of of the state shouldering shouldering dering derng the entire burden of any public work effecting a sin single le town or community I i believe is open to question As I understand under- under stand j Y tk tion n approximately 4 00 will willbe be necessary to ma make e all the improvements improvements improvements im im- im- im contemplated at Mt nit Pleasant and that amount is ape specified In n house bill No as to tobe to b be supplied from the state treas treas- ury Had the state been asked to aid in the work contemplated the cit city of Mount Pleasant cro- cro viding a fair proportion of the funds fund needed I would have been i iii inclined to give the matter more favorable consideration To approve the bill in its present pres pres- ent form wo mean t the he opening of the doors of the state treasury to similar demands from scores of other towns and nd communities in the future The principle involved in involved involved in- in in th this 8 instance I believe is bad and should not be encouraged encouraged encouraged aged at at least not not- until the s states state's revenues revenues' are ample to warrant such a wide dep departure r |