State v. Holder

Citations

• 76 Miss. 158

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitutiohai. Law. Veto power. Appropriations. Const. 1890, secs. 69, 73. Laws 1898, p. 41.</p> <p>Section 73, constitution of 1890, providing that the governor may-veto parts of any appropriation bill, relates to distinct appropriations contained in general appropriation bills and separable items of special appropriation bills, and does not authorize the veto of that part of a special appropriation bill in which is expressed, under section 69 of said constitution, the conditions on which the money may be drawn, and such veto is a nullity.</p> <p>3. Same. Void veto. Adjournment of legislature. Effect on bill. Const. 1890, sec. 73.</p> <p>Where the governor's action in approving a part and vetoing a part of a bill is void, and the legislature has adjourned within five days after the bill was sent to him for approval, it remains in his hands, in legal contemplation, and will become a law, under section 73, constitution of 1890, unless returned to the legislature disapproved within three days after the beginning of its next session.</p>