The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-03-14
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by law, which until Otherwise provided,
stall be he same mileage for travelling to
and from the places Of sitting, and the same
per d.em, during the continuance Of ihei.
SESSION, ms is now allow cd BY law TO mem.
bers Of The General Assembly,
II viii be seen that the word "Drec.
tors" is used in This net 10 Indicate tic PER.
sons entitled 10 pay, AID your committee
therefore, turned TO the only source, from
winch they could hope to derive any analo.
gy, IN consirutng the PRESENT act, VIZ: to
the action Of the Board as recorded IN tie
books by them kept, and they there Gua,
that ~ maTch 1925, The Governor dion.
4 u. Y burton received pay for service aud
Z tTaVelling expenses, as a member Of the
Bond BY virtue Of his cfTice-,hgf he con.
Ilnued so 10 receive compensation during
The Whole term OF his Office as Governor
that Tho several persons who succeeded
run as Governor OF this State, up to tho
year 1881, TO sit, Governors lrpdsl and
Owen, each received the compensation al
members Of the Board, aud must therefore
have been held TO como within the meaning
OF the term directors y and Your Con-.
mlI'ee must regard this as an exposition of
the statute passed in 1919, entitled to tho
highest respect, if indeed It be not aufhor.
tat'e. Recurring to tho construction
WHICH each successive Legislature, since
1886, has given TO the act passed IN that
year, aud by which the Committees on Fl.
nance 10 1888, 1870 and 1872 have recor.
nZsd the right Of the Governor to receive
pay ard his expenses as a member Of tho
Board, the Committee are irrcsisiibly drawn
TO The conclusion that, by the plain mean
ing Of the act Of 1896 by The slrcug anal
oRy derived from tho practice under the
Act at 1919; and by the uniform usage
since tho act Of 1896, the Governor is emit.
tied to compensation as a me nber Of The
Board Of Internal improvements
ln regard to his rightI receive compen.
sa;ion as member OF the Literary Board,
your Committee entertain no doubt; the
'orms used II The act, creating ihas Board,
beng too uneqnvoco! TO admit Of any other
construction. The 67lh chap, Rev. Stat.
creating the Literary Board declarea tina. il
shall consist OF the Governor who, 6y viz.
tue Of bis office, shall be President and "the
other members Of said Board" shall be ap.
pointed BY the Governor. The 69h ch.
sec %, declares that " The persons com.
posing lilo Literary Board, shall be entitled
10 receive The same rag, and under the
same regulations as persons composing The
Board created under an act entitled an
act TO aid the Internal Improvements of this
safe" The plain meaning Of these Gets
IS that The Governor is a " rcmber Of the
Board and one Of tho persons entitled 10
The compensation given BY them.
The second question, to which your Com.
mitlee turned their attention was whether
the report made 10 the Senate on the oath
of December, by the Treasurer, (Wheeer)
contained correct statement Of the sums
received by Gov, Morehead, for services
rendered On said Boards Z"
10 AID the Committee in this lnvestiga.
ION, they had before them, the report OF The
Treasurer Of the Gath December; the report
,fthe Comptroller Of Goth Dccember, 1912,
rom which the Treasurer protested 10 copy
ms account Of the several sums received by
Governor Morehead, for services rendered.
4 I'D the "Message Of Gov. Morehoad, 10 the
Senate on the 18Th December" A compa.
'ison Of the report of the Treasurer, of Oath
December, 1S44, with that of The Comptrol.
Ell Of 20th December, 544, presents many
.ross errors, which the Committee feel il to
Ie their duty, especially TO point cut, not on
y because 1t is plainly made their province
BY the reference Of this whole subject TO
hem, but, as IN act Of sheer justice TO the
character Of Gov. Morehead. That these
'rrors may be clearly shown, il will be ne.
.esssry 10 refer 10 the circumstances under
Vhich the attention Of the Senate was first
allied to the subject. On the 18th Deem
yer, Gov. Morehead communicated 10 tho
senate, q statement of the eTpenSes of the
Literary and Internal Improvement Boards,
q answer TO the requirements Of the follow.
ng resolution, passed by tbai body;
Resolced, Thatlhe Governor be request
d to lay before tho Senate, statement of
he eTpenSes the Literary and Internal I'm.
Boards, from the Isl Nov. 1912,
o Let Nov. lS44: 10 whom paid, and for
= What; together with statement of The con.
ingent and incidental expenses Of all kinds,
which have been incurred in retaining tho
Swamp Lands; to whom paid and for what"
In obedience TO this call, the Governor,
n bis Message, says, herewith transmit
statement Of the expenses of the Literary
Board, marked A, aud Of the Board of In.
ernal Improvements, marked B, from LIST
Nov. lS42, 10 LIST Nov. lS44-to rkom
aid and fer ichat." II wtll thus be seen
hat the Senate was put in possession of the
required by lis Resolution and
hat 2nless some purpose of impeachiGg tho
ccuracy Of that statement was ea,etie,.acd
our Committee are a, a los 10 discoyer
'hy The Treasurer should have made any
illusion 10 the ..FpsassS" of the Boards. or
he perso,.s composing them, for the period
NJ. .uded between lst. Nov. 1912, md lst
NOV. 1914; the statement Of these expen.
,es, marked A and II, was no, only full and
minute, bu' was accompanied by recapit.
dalton, in which was distinguished the pay,