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REPORT

REPORT
EXPENDITURES OF THE COMPTROL.
LEEs'S OFFICE.
Mr.. WATKINS, Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, on
the 27th ult., submitted the following g
REPORT.
The Committee on Ways and Means, to
whom was referred the order of Mr.. keech,
as follows, viz:
'WHEREAs, On the 10th day of Febru-
airy, instant, Mr.. Brace of Allegany coun-
ty, offered the following order, viz: That
the Comptroller of the Treasury furnish to
this House list of the clerks regularly
employed by him in the year 1878, with
their names, and the amount of compensa-
tion actually paid them: also. statement
showing the amount Of printing done by
his order during said year, by whom done,
and the actual amount paid therefore; ;
also a statement of the temporary clerical
assistance employed by him during said
year, with the names of parties employed
as temporary clerks, and the amount &C
tually paid for their services; also, the a
mount actually expended by him as trav-
ellirg expenses during said year, in per-
formancc of the duties imposed on him by
law which was by vote of the House
laid on the table.
"4nd uhereas, The Comptroller is anxi-
Gus and has requested that 4 full investi-
cation shall be made as to every item of
the expenditure in regard to said office :;
therefore,
"Ordered, That the Committee on Ways
and Means be. and they are hereby, in
structed to inquire into all the expendi-
lures of the Comptroller's Office, in regard
to clerks and all other expenses, and that
they especially inquire into the eXpendi-
lures on account of the contingent fund,
and every item thereof. and that they re-
port to this House within ten days from
this date" respectfully report. that they
have investigated the expenses of the
Comptroller's Office in regard to clerks and
other expenses, in compliance with the a
bove order, and have appended hereto a
statement, showing the same in detail
They find that since the year. 1866, the
salary of one of the assistant clerks has
been raised, by law, from one thousand to
twelve hundred dollars, and the salary of
,he o,-.-s clerk has been raised from fifteen
hundred dollars rv-~ixteen hundred dol
lars, and an additional cIe-k has been au-
thorized, by Act of Assembly. at a salary
of $1,000, making in all fifteen hundred
dollars increase of salaries since the wear
1866. Your Committee find that the a.
mounts expended for salaries and other
~ Use have been expended in ac-
cordance with law. The amount fuf-trrv-
elling expenses the Committee believe to
have been judiciously and properly ex-
pended. and that the State has derived
large return for the expenditure. Your
Committee report that the Contingent
Fund has been judiciously and economi-
cally used, and that large balance of said
fund is unexpended for the years 1872 and
1873, as will appear by the statement here
to annexed.
u. II. WATKINS, Chairman,
A. H. GREENFIELD,
CHAs. A. BUCHANAN,
HENRY E. LoANE,
JOHN A. KooNs,
JOHN F. DAWSON
Statement shouing the Expenses Of CompfroUers s
Office for the fiscal gear 1866, as compared
nth Expenses of said office for the fiscal gear
1873:
(For 1861
Salaries paid Comptroller and Clerks Sc, OIL 81
Printing Comptroller's Report...... 500 90
Printing blank licenses, protests,
circulars, &c..................-........ l,526 81
Printing, advertising, clerical SER
vices, &C., in Bounty Department 3.OSl 91
Total expenses of the Office for
the year 966..................Sll,l ,l80 80
(For 1879
Salaries paid Comptroller
and Clerks.............. S7:7OO 90
Additional te temporary
clerical assistance.
provided by chapter
3l2, of 1872 Sc 67
Printing Comptroller's
Report .................... 1000 90
Printing blank licenses,
protests, circulars, &c. ,442 %
Travel exI eases of Com
ptroller and John Ii.
Handy, Esq, attor-
ney-at-law, to Cum
berland, and in Balti-
more City, in attention
to case State vs. Cum
berland and Pennsyl-
vania Rail Road Com
pany, (as authorized
by chap. 3l2, of 1872 S33 90
Expenses of Clerk sent
on special message to
Caroline county........ II 10
Expenses in City of Bal
timore, in attention to
claims of the State and
questions ofassessment
of the stock of the vari-
GUS corporations in
said clty.................. 129 10
l8O rs
Printing, advertising,
clerical services &c,
in Bounty Department 1900 90
Total expenses of
office for the year
1873 ............... Sli,s79 65
Showing an increase in the expenses Of
the year 1873, over those for the year 1866,
of $699 26. The salaries of the clerks in
the office are prescribed by law, and the
Comptroller has complied with the law in
regard to them.
The other expenses of the Office amount
ed, in 1866, to the sum of $5,1OS 78, while
those for 1878 amounted to $4,122 90, be-
ing less than those for 1866 by the sum of
1895 80.
The amount expended for travel expen-
ses, in the performance Of official duties,
during the fiscal year 1872, was $34 so,
leaving an unexpended balance for said
year, on this account, of $2,4 ,462 so, and the