Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-11-28
REPORT or COMMITTEE TO EX-
ANIME AND INVESTIGATE
THE ACCOUNTS AND EXPEN-
DITURES OF THE GOVERNOR.

DITURES OF THE GOVERNOR.
r. tie Hoase oj Representats,e. noo IN
Session:
Your Committee appoluttc t. exam
Inc and investigate thc account and ex-
penditure> made by the Governor, Adju-
tant and Inspector General and Quarter
Master General. in ratsing. substSt,ng,
u"Jorm,nq, ,4ulPptmg, transporting and
pnytnq thr Volunteer Militia" have pr
formed th~ duty Of examination and III
ye,tigatlon Jba wa assigned them. and
find that tue accounts o. the AdIutant and
Inspector General have h"on allowed and
paid by the Governor. and filed with his
own. The expenditures made in this
branch Of the service amounted 70 81
249 81, and consisted chiefly OF office and
,elegraphic EXPENSES. travelling and hotel
hil>, clerk hire, and he expenses u. the
officers O: the uniformed militia Of the
State. who. on The reception Of the first
requisition ot the President tor troops,
were assembled BY order Of the Cover
nor a. Burlington for PURPOSE Of consul
tatot.
he l(uartermaster Generals Report
nav l.e beer: printed and laid before the
House the Comult.,. DO not deem ii nee
| essary to refer to i: my further than to
say that they cxafnn. those of the bills
| particulariz~d th"r~.. which are among
the voucher, or the Governor, (being
nearly the whole and found them. with a
few unimportaut exceptions, correctly ex-
| tended. added and receipted. That part
OF hi account which Is contained in state
ment - 3 " Of his report, from and after
the date OF September %. 1861, has not
been submitted to the inspection of the
| Committee nor have they received from
him any explanations in regafd to the bal
ance thai has been reported from year to
year as remaining in hi, hands.
| The Committee examined with great
care and minuteness the books and ac-
counts OF the Governor, looking over ev-
cry bill OF every description, and, in near
lv ali cases III all it, details, with q we"
to ascertain its character, and to form al
opinion as far as they could OF It's neces
sity. as we'll as TO see thar it was correctly
extended, added and receipted In few
cases they found Slight clerical errors II
bills certified by various military officers
which had, at the time of their payment
escaped notice, or were not deemed o
sufficient importance under the circum
stances to be corrected.
The Committee did not make minute
examination of the Regimental pay rolls
that had been certified by the Auditor o
this State. the drawing hls warrants TO
their payment being simply an executive
duty of the Governor, involving no othe
esponsibility on his part
As far as the Committee could Judge
they are of the opinion that the expendl
lures made by the Governor were judi
cious, and made with a proper re"ard t
economy, and that the accounts, as submit
ted to the Governor for payment, wer
carefully scrutnized with view to seelni
that no undue advantage was taken OF tn
State Treasury.
Your Committee intended to have pre-
sented comparative statement OF the e1
penses of each regiment, but time ha
failed them for this, and they can only sa
that in their opinion there was a gradua
dimunition of expenses, and that the ct
Regiment, though in all the particulars g
its equipment equal, if not superior to it
predecessors, was raised, equipped an
. | d;snatched. under the sole direction OF tn
Governor, at an expense to the State c
thousands of dollars less than any Othe
that was fully equipped by the State.
It appears by statement, obtaine
. from the Treasurer of the State, that tb
Ex-Governor drew warrants on him t
, the amount of s589,695 SO, including
few warrants drawn by Governor Ho
brook. at Governor Fairbanks reques
all of which warrants have been paid b
: the Treasurer
n The Committee find on footing up th
ledger kept by Governor Fairbanks se'
eetary, and making tr'al balance ih'