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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 339. 1900. 149 CERTIFICATION or BILLS EIzoM_ oNE HOUSE rro THE ornEn.· Sec. 47. That every bill when passed by the house in which it origi· frggrtiagamgl SQMQS nated, or in which amendments thereto shall have ori inated, shall unozneie ° `e ° immediately be certified by the presiding officer and cleri and sent to the other house for consideration. SIGNING BILLS. Sec. 48. That, except as herein provided, all bills passedby the Signing bills. legislature shall, in or er to be valid, be signed by the governor. VETO OF GOVERNOR. Sec. 49. That every bill which shall have passed the legislature Velo of Sovorrlorshall be certified by the presiding officers and clerks of both houses, and shall thereupon be presented to the governor. If he approves it, he shall sign it, and it s all become a law. If the governor does not iipprove such bill, he may return it, with his objections, to the legisature. He may veto any specific item or items in any bill which appropriates money for specific purposes; but shall veto other bills, if at all. only as a whole. PROCEDURE UPON RECEIPT or vE·I*o. Sec. 50. That upon the receipt of a veto message from the governor ?rooo<i¤ro upon re each house of the legislature shall enter the same at lar e u on its °°lpt°fv°t°` journal and proceed to reconsider such bill, or part of a bili ang again vote upon it by ayes and noes, which shall be entered upon its journal. If after such reconsideration such bill, or part of a bill, shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members to which each house is entitled, it shall thereby become law. FAILURE TO SIGN on v1~:·ro,,, Sec. 51. That if the governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill within vcfoiioro lo oizn or ten days after it is delivered to him it shall become a law without his °` sggnatnre, unless the legislature adjourns sine die prior to the expiration 0 such ten days. lf any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law In like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature by their adjournment prevents its return, in which case it shall not be a law. APPROPRIATIONS. Sec. 52. That appropriations, except as otherwise herein rovided, ’*l”Y’F°¥’"*`*¥i°‘” shall be made bieliiiiaily by the legislature: Prmziderl, iwweger, That mgiglwiiigiallli pending the time when this Act shall take effect and until a session of cggvdiofnnas in uathe legislature of the Territory of Hawaii shall be held, the President }§§;;‘,’Q,d"°“s“’*’ *‘“‘ may, in his discretion, authorize and direct the use of such money in the treasury of the Republic of Hawaii as well as of the Territory of Hawaii, as he shall think requisite and proper for carrying on the government of the Territory of Hawaii, the preservation of the public health, the completion of the sewerage system of the city of Honolulu, and such other expenditures as in the President’s judgment shall seem to be appro riate. _ _ Sec. 53. That the governor shall submit to the legislature, at each p,§j§{§{,‘§€“°'“Pp'“ regular session, estimates for—appropriations for the succeeding biennial period.