The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-16
EXECUTIVE nEsslsE.

70 IL H,nou5k,
Tie Gaaernf Asssn1ly ef Nvfk caoEnas
GEsTLEzES: fonnd upon my liable.
on Friday lasl. . printed document. No.
40. herewith lTansmitaed. p1rporsiBg 10
be q correspondence relative 10 the
/. legal right 81 lhe Governor 10 rsesire
: pay a. President ex e6feiO Of The Lsls-
rsry and Internal inprossmenl Boards"
shirh i accompanied By copies Of , rsso-
luton Il Ibe Senate, calling upon lhe pub
lac III, asurer .io repon 10 the Senate
: lie correspondence bsiKfee he Tnes-
snrer and his exeslleney The Governed.
rel tive 20 The legal right 81 The Cover
B0s 10 receive per diem eompensalon.
% President er o6fciO. dr.. Tor services
rendered upon lhe Literary and Inter.
n.l improvement Boards; aLd also the
opiuion oflhe Attorney GeBeral there
upon. tsgelher with The smepni which
his txcsllency The Governor hes Ieeeis-
. cd for said services" aud Of Q leuer
from the Treasurer 70 The Speaker Of ,he
S,nale, in response 10 thai resoluiioni AMI
Of letter from The Treasurer 70 myself,
and my reply; and Of letter from The
Treasurer 10 The Attorney General. and
his reply-iogeiher with statement
made by The Tu asurer, relative 10 he
sums lhsve received Tor my services on
these Boards-shich statement he pro
fesses 10 make Iron the report Of The
Comptroller 10 The House Of Commons.
. December 30, 1872"
As 10 The question or The Governors
right 10 compensation. desire TO draw
he attention Of your honorable body TO
the law, the practice under lhe law ever
since lis passage, and the action Of The
Legislature on the subjeei.
had not heard the question raised. or
the matter Of The Governors righiio COM
pcnsaiion for his services upon either OF
the Boards. doubted. until The receipt OF
The TressureT's letter Of eth January,
lSi3, declining topay warran, drawn by
me in pursuance OF an order OF The Board
ofIniernsl Improsement. This letter. pre-
posing 10 submit The mailer 10 The Lgis-
la,ure then in session. was received on
the evening sf,er the House had adjourned
10 meet al Z o'clock a, nigh,-and the
House agsin adjourned 70 NEE, al half
SSiislatSie sdjourned sine die-snd before
nv reply Of 2sib ia ihe- Treasnrer---
Upon This refusal TO pay the warrant
upon The grounds alleged by the Trea-
sunr, looked into the Law, and practice
under il, anifound 10 room to doubt. The
Ac,s Of 1896. Revised Siatules, Chapters
81 and 81, making the Governor er Off
clio President Of the Literary and lnternal
Improvement Boards, assign duties 10 the
Governor as q member Of those Boards.
which are wholly disconnected with his
Executive duties. and which he cannot be
required 10 perform, if he choose not 10
do So. The Executive is separate and
Under endsnt branch Of the government.
and The duties of that branch are 6xed by
the Constitution, and The Legislative de-
paitmeni can no more assign duties TO
The Executive department, which are not
Execuiise duties, Than the Executive DE.
partmeLt ran assign duties TO the Legisla-
live Department.; aud all duties assigned
to the Executive by the Legislature. which
are no, Executive duties, may or may
!. no, be performed by him at bis opion,
w,thou. any deIeliction OF official duty,
however tiscourteous il might be on his
par, 10 decline any reasonable request
made ty the Legislature.
The supsrln,endence, in person. o
works Of Internal Improvement. the drain
age Of swamp lands. the banking opera
,ions Of Q loan office, and the sariou,
anties assigned the Board Of Inferno
Improvement and The Literary Board
will not be considered by any person
, as Executive dulies. For if so, there
!. ace then a. many Executive function
aries 10 discharge these Executive du'
f mes, as there ate members Of thess
B"ards. 49,. ...
The duties assigned To- the Executive
| as President &c o9eio Of these Boards,
r have E,und very onerous, and responsible
5 | hesitate no, to say +. that The duties which
i 1 have FUND il necessary to perform in
the faithful discharge OF the trust cnnfided
to me. as President &c oDfcio of the Lite
, rary Board slone--in experimenting the
: l,ans Of the Board. ,he drainage OF tbs
=, swamp lands, and the grsa. variety Of du-
ties and correspondence connected with
/ The G ,mmon Schools, have imposed upon
9 me more / IN f we fold the amount oil Ia.
| Dor, aud required much more time and
t attention, than eli the duties which pro
a pe,ly pefain to the Executive office.
II The salary OF the Executive was 6xet
n at The presen, sum in lSi7-,he Legisla
e tare OF 1886 passed the Acts by whlcl
g he became Presilen, ear olfcio Of ,hes
$ Boar,l., and assigned to him the duhe
d which he had TO perform. Vas il reason
$ able, was it just in The Legislature. to a:
= sign TO the Executive new duties whic
If were not Executive duties, and allow hi'
no compensation for their performance
while il allowed those associated vii
e him pay for discharging similar duties