HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 2049

missioners are charged with the enforcement of the Act.
However, these officials inform me that they are given no
machinery with which to require compliance. After a full
discussion of this matter with officials of the County, I think
it desirable to veto the measure and provide another oppor-
tunity for the interested parties to go into the matter more
thoroughly, with the view to submitting a proposal before the
next session of the Legislation if desirable.

DESERTION AND NON-SUPPORT.

Chapter 712 (House Bill 788). This enactment has as its
object the vesting of original jurisdiction in Trial Magistrates
in the Counties under the crime of desertion and non-support
of wife or minor child. The present law confines jurisdiction
in such cases to the Circuit Courts.

Representatives of Counties of the State have pointed out
to me that the Magistrates' Courts al present are not equipped
for the handling of cases where continuing payments for wife
and dependent children are required. Furthermore, Circuit
Courts, being courts of record, are able to maintain a continu-
ing jurisdiction of such offenses and their records are available
in the event of subsequent failure of the parties to live up to
the order.

While it may be desirable at a later date to extend the right
to magistrates to try these cases, I think it will be necessary
to have the machinery perfected before this change is made.
I am therefore vetoing the measure.

DUPLICATE OR CONFLICTING BILLS.

The State Law Department has advised me officially that a
number of bills passed at the recent session are duplicates of
other bills already signed by me since the adjournment of the
Legislature.

Inasmuch as the same subject matter is already covered in
the Chapters now signed and which are now thereby the law
of the State, I am vetoing the duplicate Bills in accordance
with the suggestion of the Attorney General. The duplicate
Bills now being vetoed are as follows:

Chapter 39 (House Bill 68)
" 54 (Senate Bill 55)
677 (House Bill 775)
" 690 " " 716

Another bill, the State Law Department advises, is incon-
sistent with provisions of laws already signed, since the

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