Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-01-03

Hu-DiNu anu VIE.
The bill to relieve the Territorial
treasury was taken up, when Mr.. Thay-
er offered the following.
SUBSTITUTE:
SECTION l. The salaries Of the gov
erno- and secretary Of this Territory are
hereby increased, in addition to the sums
already provided by the United States
Government as follows:
There shall be allowed to the govern.
Or and secretary Of this Territory, during
the session Of the legislative assembly, a
per diem compensation Of six dollars per
day, which shall be audited and paid in
the same manner in which the increased
per diem compensation Of members and
attaches Of the legislative assembly is
audited and paid; provided, that the
number Of days for which such compen-
sation is allowed to the governor shall in
clude, in addition to the number OF days
| in which the legislative assembly is in
session, the ten days next prior to the
commencement of said session; ard the
number Of days for which such compen
sation is allowed to the secretary shall
included, 10 addition to the number of
daps in which the leg slatiye assembly is
in session, the ten days next prior to the
commencem, ut of said session, and the
ten days next subsequent to the adjourn
meut thereof; it being tie meaning and
intent of this act to allow the governor,
when the legislative assembly is in ses
sion forty days, such per diem and com
pensation for fifty days and to the sec
rotary, when the legislative assembly is
in session forty days, such per diem con-
pensation for sixty days.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all
acts or parts of acts, so far as the same
provides compensation to be paid out Of
; the Territorial treasury to the governor
or secretary of the Territory o. Idaho
except as herein provided, be and the
same are hereby repealed
, SEC. 3.That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after the thirty
first day Of December, A. D. 1866; pro
vided, that no per diem compensation
as herein specified, shall be allowed t,
either Of such officers except for the mex
subsequent session of the legislative as
sombly.
t MIR. Thayer spoke at some length il
favor of the substitute The Terrtorv
could not afford to pay the territorial of
5 ficers the sums it had been paying here
f tofore If it were asked why not reduc
] the compensation Of members and at
t taches of the Legislature as well as tn
governor and secretary, be would say tina
: upon the action of the legislature dc
pended the order and well being Of tn
0 community and in great measure the ex
4 ecution Of the laws. Members coul
5 not afford, for the paltry sum in green
a backs allowed by the federal governmeu
f to.travel to the capital for the purpose {
: discharging their duties as legislator,
But it did strike him that the federal o
s ficers could afford it. Greenbacks wer
n much higher now than when the law a
e lowing extra compensation was passet
II and the salaries Of federal officers const
l. quently much higher in proportion tina
t. they were, He thought those officer
@ could afford now to lose a portion of the
l. extra compensation. The question as
.e the legality of the legislature grantin
extra compensation WIS raised by IL
1t special message of the governor. I'll
D. same question was raised in the legisl
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