Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-03-06
Report of Ways and Means Committee.


From The journal Of House Of Delcgates, Feb. 81
Mr.. Watkins, Chairman Of the Committee
on Ways and Means submitted The following
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 February,
instant, Mr. Brace, of Alegany county, offer
ed the following order, viz; That the Comp
troler of the Treasury furnish TO this House
II list of the clerks regularly employed by him
in the year 1873, with their names, aud the
amount of compensation actually paid the m !;
also. a statement showing the amount of print
ing done by bis order during said year, by
whom done, and the actual amount paid
therefor; also, statement of the temporary
clerical assistance employed by him during said
year, with the names of parties employed as
temporary clerks, and The amount actually
paid for their services also, the amount ac-
tually expended by him as travelling expen-
SEES during said year, in performance Of the
duties imposed on him by law which was by
a vote of The House laid on the table,
"And ohereas, The Comptroller is anxious
and has requested that full investigation
shall be made as 10 every item of expenditure
in regard TO said Office /; therefore,
"Ordered, That the Committee of Ways and
Means be, and they are hereby, instructed TO
inquire into all the expenses of the Comptrol-
ler's Office, in regard 10 clerks and all other
expenses, and that they especially inquire into
the expenditures on account of the contingent
fund, and every item thereof and that they
report TO this House within ten days from this
date, respectfully report, that they have in
vestgated The expenses of the Comptroller's
Office in regard 10 clerks and other expenses,
in compliance with the above order and have
appended hereto 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
dollars 10 twelve hundred dollars, and the
salary of the chief clerk has been raised from
fifteen hundred dollars to sixteen hundred dol
lars, aud an additional clerk has been author
lied, by Act of Assembly, at salary of ST.
200, making in all fifteen hundred dollars in
crease of salaries since the year 1866. Your
Committee find that the amounts expended for
salaries and otherwise have been expended
strictly in accordance with law. The amount
for travelling expenses the Committee believe
to have been jndicously and property expend-
ed, and that the State has derived large re-
turn for the expenditure. Your Committee
report that the Contingent Fund has been ju-
diciously and economically used and that a
large balance ofsad fund is unexpended for
the years 1872 and 1873, as will appear by the
statement hereto annexed.
Vi. NJ. WAIhlNS,
Chairman.
A. II. GREENFIELD,
CHAS A. BUCHANAN,
HENRY E. L0ANE
JOHN A. KOONS,
JOHN Il. DAWSON.
Statement showing the Expenses of The Comp
trollers Office for the fiscal year 1866, as
compared with Expenses Of said Office for
the fiscal year 1873:
(For 1866
Salaries pd. Comptroller and Clerks, Sc, OIL 81
Printing Comptroer's Report, 500 90
Printing blank licenses, protests, cir
culars, &C. 1926 81
Printing, advertising, clerical servi-
ces, &C., in Bounty Department., 3,08l 81
Total expenses of the Office for the
year 1866, 81, $50 80
The total expenses for the year 1873 WAS
ST., 1879 65, showing an excess over the year
1866, of 5000 &C. while the business of the
Office has largely increased since that time,
| taxing the clerks to their utmost capacity
publication of these figures, which are taken
| from the record.
/
with determination TO overcome the praying
women by moral suasion, has had printed and
prominently displayed card containing the
following selections from Holy Writ. He has
hired wicked man to read them over to the
ladies when they stop to pray in front of his
SELDOM
| And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as
| the hypocries are for they love to pray STAN
| ding in the synagogues and in the corners OF
the streets that they may be seen of men. YER
| lily say unto You they have their reward .
| But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy
closet, and when thon hast shut thy door pray
to thy Father which is in secret, aud thy Fa-
Their, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee
openly.-MaH. vi, 8, 6.
/ Let your women keep silence in the church
es, for it is not permitted unto them to speak
And if they will learn nything, let them ask
:heir husbands at home; for il is shame for
women TO speak in the church, Cor xiv,
"a. 35.
THE Doc LAw-The House bill. better
known as the ''dog law" was taken up, and
the previous question being called, was passed
without debate by 45 yeas to IA nays, as fol-
/ lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Hines, Merritt. Robinson,
NutWeIl' heech, buchanan, MhlhewS, Merry
man, Seth, Valiant, Coulbourn, Mackey,
Davis, Miller, Nicodemus, Amman, Grafton,
! Lee, Riley, McCosker, T. II Hamilton, Coop
er, G. R. Hamilton, McWillams, Staylor,
Stewart, McAleese Gill, Hart Loane, Green
field, McColgan, Joyce, Groh, Fenton Berry
Grimes, Stake, Clark, Watkins, Fletchall,
Wack, Brown, Maclin, and Steward of How
ard--45.
/ Nays-Messrs. Bond, Hawkins, Sudler
Duer, Hodson Lachford, Kemp, Pruitt, Daw-
son, Park, Brace, Yanderiord, Gait, and
| Bedsworth-l4