Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1899 — The Governor’s Veto. [ARTICLE]

The Governor’s Veto.

So general is the rule that a two thirds vote is required to pass a bill over the veto of an executive that it is* practically a hopeless task to try to instruct people in this state, that the rule is different here. For instance, The Republican re-states the provision of the Indiana state constitution in that particular, about every time the Legislature meets, but the information so given is forgotten long before the next session, not only by the people in general but even by most of the lawyers, and four out of every five of them, if risked what vote is required to pass a bill over the Governor’s veto, will say a two thirds vote. That however, is not the law. To pass a bill over a veto in this state, all that is needed is a majority of all the members elected, in each house, which is no more than is required to pass a bill in the first place. Therefore the veto power in the state amounts to practically nothing. It is only when bills are passed just before the Legislature finally adjourns that a governor’s veto can be effective.