, 1890-12-11
The Grant investigating Committee
Presents Two Reports.
One Thinks Him Not Entitled to
Money Claimed,
While the Other Believes He Should
Get Every Cent of II.
No destinations Made Against the
Auditors Honesty
And Bigger Appropriations Now
Asked for His Old Office.

The majority OF the Grant investigst
ing committee. consisting of Senator
Mondell and Representative Davis If
johnson county, presented the following
report:
We. the majority Of your committee
appointed with senate joint resolution No.
2, to inquire into the accounts of the
Office of the auditor of the territory OF
Wyoming and the state of Wyoming
since the 3lst day OF March, 1890, beg
leave to report as follows.
We find hat the late auditor of the
territory of Wyoming, NJ. N. Grant, and
O. W. Burdick, auditor of the state of
Wyoming. have since the 3lst daH of
March, A. ID. 1890. issued certificates of
Indebtedness as provided by section LII
OF the Revised Statutes of Wyoming, on
account of vouchers drawn and sworn to
in accordance with law. the issuing OF
which certificates Of indebtedness became
necessary owing to the failure of the elev-
enth legislative assembly of the territory
of Wyoming TO make necessary appropri
alton for the purpose OF paying the sala-
ries of the territorial officers and other
expenses of the territorial government
authorized BY law. We find that said
certificates of Indebtedness. with certain
exceptions to be hereinafter enumerated,
were drawn on account of properly attesred
vouchers now on fle in the Office Of the
auditor of state. and that said certificates
OF Indebtedness have, with the exceptions
referred to. when drawn as certificates of
indebtedness for the salaries of the terri
torial and state officers, in no case ex
ceeded the amount OF such salaries as
established by law, and the certificates
drawn to represent Indebtedness for con
tingent and other necessary expenses OF
the territorial and state government have
in no cases, except those to be hereinafter
enumerated, exceeded the amounts ap.
propriated aud provided by the tenth
legislative assembly Of Wyoming for a
like period OF time. and for Indebtedness
necessary to the proper maintenance OF
the state end territorial governments.
The certificates above referred to appear
ing to your commi tee to be clearly unau-
thorIIed by law or in the line OF expendi-
lures not having the sanction of prese-
dents. are a. follows:
Certificate No. 81. in favor Of G. w.
Stewart, dated July L, 1890 TO salary for
Eervices of deputy auditor and ex of6cio
Insurance commissioner for the quarter
3sudiug June 80, 1890 amounting to
fsouv. Your Committee find no authority
IN law for the payment of a deputy
auditor. While it has been the custom of
one at least of the state officers to pay
for necessary clerical help out of the con-
tingeLt fund of his office, the amount so
paid has never, together with the other
expenses of the Offices, exceeded the
amount Of the approximation for said con-
tIngent expenses, The above mentioned
certificate ~appropriates the sum of 500
per month for the services of a deputy
auditor, while the last appropriation for
all contingent expenses of the office was
only $500 for two years. Furthermore,
chapter "a. section l, Session Laws of
1888, provides that the territorial auditor
sholl be ex-ofieio insurance commissioner
and allowed certain fees in connection
Herewith. No provision is made for any
additional salary. Certificates No. 81, 60
and SO, drawn in favor of @. w. Stewart,
amounting in ali to s444 so. The vouch.
ers, five in number, on which these GER.
t~iicates were drawn. contain the following
items, viz:
To box rent for quarter ending
July /, lS9U.............. .......$ so
To ffty two cent postage stamps. l 0O
To postofhce box rent quarter end
ing Sept. 80, lS9u............. l so
$40 so
10 salary for services as deputy
auditor for July and August
200 90
$444 so
The above vouchers We find fastened
together with a notation as to the number
OF the certificates which were drawn to
represent Indebtedness occurring by reason
of same, on the back of one of the