The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-03-14

call for any information ~ Iesdfu W u
pc,ses.n No necessity Of the kind here
mentioned has been shown, and 10 regard 10
The call Of ths Resolution, it is so very plain,
as 10 admit Of no difficulty or doubt. II IS
IN these words:
Resolred, That the Public Treasurer be
instructed to repor, TO the Senate, tie cor.
fespondence between the Treasurer and
His EXcelency, the Governor, relative to
the legal right Of the Governor 10 receive
per diem compensation as President ex OF
icio, and for services rendered upon the
Literary anG Internal Improvement Boards. (
And also, the opinion Of the Attorney Gen
eral lhersupon, together with the amount
which HIS Excelency the Governor, has
received for said service"
Here is specific demand on the Treas
urer for two things; first, the correspon-
deuce between himself and the Attorney
General, on the subject OF the Governors
right ",o receive per diem compensation
as President ex oiliclo, for serrlccS render
ed on said Boards, and the actual amounts
SO received" To which demand, the Urea,
surer replies in these words: 1.-The amount
which the Governor has received is also
desired, and is herewith communicated,
mlrked d, extracted from the Reports OF
the SAID Boards, to The last and present
Legislature He has the resolution be-
fore him, evidently, for he rec!tes lis very
provisions, and the order in which they &C
cur; and moreover reciies them so distinct
", as to show that the call was exclusively
for the correspondence and he amount OF
per diem compensation for serrices, and tor
nothing more. With this chart Of the way
before him, the Treasurer in the opinion oil
the Committee has been strangely lnatten
tive TO its directions. Instead Of con6uing
himself 10 the correspondence and the CON
peusstlon for services, he has undertaken TO
give the " expenses Of The Governor, and
as in this he was a volunteer, II became the
Treasurer 10 be scrupulously exact, and he
himself, seems TO have been impressed with
the necessity of this, for he is, indeed, exact
and scrupulously SO, even TO the twentieth
part Of dime, 10 The figures, but unfortu
nately, these figures, are not IN their right
places, and must, therefore, produce wrong
results. Ia the Treasures Report OF The
Gath Of December, he processes TO have
extracted TIE paper marked ID, from the
repor! Of said Board, aud further, " that
the amount drawn by Gov. Morehead, IS
Oae Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty
eish, Dollars, and Seventy Seven and half
cents; for services on the Literary and In
iefDal improvement, Boards. Upon the
mos. careful examination which The Com.
miitee could give 10 the point, they are ful.
" satisfied that said statement, marked ID,
was not " extracted from the Reports Of the
Literary and ln.ernal Improvement Boards
to the last and present Legislature. -
Those reports in the opinion OF the Com
mi,,ee, do not sustain the Treasurer. 10 the
following items, charged TO the Governor
for serrices in the Repor! of tho 24;h De
csmber. In the first place, it will be re-
marked that the Treasurer does not, 10 his
letter TO The Speaker OF the Ssna,e, propose
10 give statement Of any thing bu! compen
sation, per diem, FOR services; and y9 bis
sla,emen, D, sets out, with giving, mol
only the expenses of Gov. Morehesd, bal
in some of the items, of the Board, itself
The frs. palDable error, s IN the ID charge
OF account ID and is this the whuit
sum is ST. %, with which Gov. Moreheat
is charged, whereas ne received, as appear
for services, SIS the rest was expenses
la the 5,h item, Is gross iDaccUracy lh'
language used IS " . days and expenses,
which, es the account purpors y have beer
raised against Gov. Morehead alone, would
lead all persons 10 the conclusion that il
was for Gov. Mo-ehead's expenses, where
as il was for expenses O. the Board, whllt
travelling on two trips 10 The Swamp Lands
IN November and December, lS4l, anc
consisting OF - different charges made
agains, The whole Board the gross amount
is S20j-and there are, therefore, in this
one item two glazing mistakes; the first
that j, contained items Of expenses Of any
kind, for none such were called for by the
resolution, or were protested to be glver
by tie Report but secondly, as It dld pro
fess 10 give the expenses Of the Govefn7f
it was Inexcusabe 10 charge him with tht
whole expenses Of the Board, and thereby
enormously and falsely swell the amount o
his receipts.
The frs, error, though too palpable t.
have escaped The slgh,es, vigilance, ma!
have resulted from inattenlon-lhe latter
in the judgment ofihe Committee, could no
have been made without a culpabIe reckless
ness on the par, Of the Treasurer. He /
made to receive 1905, for his service
and expenses" when it must have bee
known to the Treasurer, that he had, 70
services, received only ssh and bis rar
Of the expenses was only tha, Of one mem
Der Of the Board, instead OF 1851. Tn
next item, 10 that of 81 05 and M accoun
Of expenses, when the same was 1927 06-
that OF S63 30, includes The expenses to th
amount Of S3s 30-thai Of SO S7t on ID
Internal Improvement Board, includes 81:
ca Of expenses but in this item 4 days 0
service are not emu 1efaied, and yet the ful
charge for | ! days nf service is made. Ii
the charge Of S3l 80, December, 1912, /
days are not mentioned and therefore, sup
presrad in The Treasnra,fs .a.1.,. ~ no