Vic's Moor News 2018 Apr 5

…On this day in 1792 President George Washington exercised his authority to veto a bill. This was the first time this power was used in the United States. The Articles of Confederation had no power of 'the Veto'. The bill he vetoed was a new apportionment of taxes which Washington thought gave unfair advantage to the Northern States and did not meet the requirement in the new Constitution of apportionment by the number of citizens per the census.