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 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 145. .1917. 961 with the objections, to the other house, b which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two—tlliirds of all the members of that house it shall be sent to the governor, who in case he shall then not approve, shall transmit the same to the President of the  *° “‘° Lnited States. The vote of each house shall be by eas and nays, ` and the names of the members votin for and against iall be entered on the journal. If the President og the United States approve the same he shall sign it and it shall become a law. If he shall not alpprove same he shall return it to the overnor so stating, and it s all not become a law: Provided, That ghe President of the United f§{}§§,°·bym hw, States shall approve or disapprove an Act submitted to him under <1e¤¤- the provisions of this section within ninety days from and after its submission for his aprifoval; and if not a proved within such time it shall become a law the same as if it had lieen specifically approved. If any bill presented to the governor contains several items of ap- w;;g§{,§g,;“;‘{,°' propriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items, ¤r¤1>ri¤¤i¤¤bi11s· P- or any part or parts, portion or portions thereof, while approving of the other kportion o the bill. In such case he shall append to the bill, at the time of sign' it, a statement of the items, parts _ or portions thereof to whiclinhe olijects, and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect. any bill shall not bereturned etflm ¤°* '•*°*‘¤*d· by the governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall ' have been presented to him it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature by adjournment revents its return, in which case it shall be a law if signed by tli)e ovemor within thirt days after receépt by him; otherwise it shall not be mmtocmn a law. All laws enacted by e Legislature of Porto Rico shall be ,,,,,,,,,_,,5& reported to the Congress of the United States, as provided in section twenty-three of this Act, which hereby reserves the power and authority to annul the same. If at the termination of any fiscal year g,,€§,}§,'§,*Q{,l§“§§’,,u,,2 the appropriations necessaiiif for the support of the government for $:L¤;i:¤¤¤¤ if ¤¤ ¤¢¤¤¤ the ensuing fiscal year sha not have been made, the several sums ' appropriated in the last appropriation bills for the objects and glaroses therein s ecified, so ar as the same may be applicable, all H m is he deemed to lie reappropriated item by item; and until the legis- Y °° ‘ lature shall act in sudli behalf the treasurer may, with the advice of the vovernor, make the payments necessary for the purposes aforesaid. _ _ Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and may, in its u,`Q;¢”*•**'° ¤"°°•°· discretion, from time to time publish the same, and the yeas and nays Journal et proceedon any uestion shall, on the demand of one-fifth of the members lmpresent,'l>e entered on the journal. _ _ The sessions of each house and of the committees of the whole shall °P°° °°”‘°“- be 0 n. Ngaher house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for =*<*i°¤¤¤*°¤· more than three days, nor to any other place than that m which the two houses shall be sitting. _ _ _ No law shall be passed except by b1ll,_and no bill shall be so altered °¤¤=¤¤°*¤°¤ °“·w=- or amended on its passage through either house as to change its original pu se. _ _ _ _ _ No act olfpthe legislature except the general appropriation bills for t,gg¤gc*g'gg,g¤_g;*£ the expenses of the government shall take eEect until mnety days em. after its passa e, unless in case of emergency (which shall be expressed in the preamble or body of the act) the legislature shall by_a vote of · two-thirds of all the members elected to each house otherwise direct. No bill, except the general a propriation bill for the expenses of the government only, introducedpin either house of the legislature after the Hist forty days of the session, shall become a law. No bill shall be considered or become a law unless referred to a _,§;0";_‘f§{‘,f° °°"’*"‘ committee, returned therefrom, and printed for the use of the mem- 91890°—-vox. 39-Pr 1·—-6l.