§ 10-2-116 — Authentication of laws passed over veto

(a) When a bill that has passed both houses of the General Assembly shall be returned by the Governor without his or her signature and with his or her objections thereto, and, upon reconsideration, shall pass both houses by the constitutional majority, it shall be authenticated as having become a law by a certificate endorsed thereon or attached thereto, in the following form: "This bill having been returned by the Governor with his or her objections thereto and, after reconsideration having passed both houses by the constitutional majority, has become a law this ............... day of ...............". (b) The certificate, having been signed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall be deemed a sufficient authentication thereof, and the bill shall again be presented to the Governor to be by him or her deposited with the laws in the office of the Secretary of State. Rev. Stat., ch. 89, § 1; C. & M. Dig., § 4969; Pope's Dig., § 6199; A.S.A. 1947, § 4-310.