Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-11
Proceedings Begun in the Supreme
Court TO Curtail His COmpen-
sation to Statutory Limits.
Other officials Involved Only in Form
-Theig Honor in No Wise
At Stake.

rants on the state treasury in favor of
State superintendent o. +. Wells The
object of the proceeding IL to limit the
state superintendent to the collection of
what is supposed to be- tho lawful salary
provided for the occupant of his official
position. In order TO attain the end
sought it was necessary 10 obtain am order
of restraint on the secretary OF
state But neither the latter
nor the state treasurer ia especially
Interested in the case. Both these gentle
mon are rs honest and high minded
officials ~ the people Of the state have
over put into public place, and each is
making an admirable record in the dis
charge of his duties. The one in issuing
the warrants claimed in the petition of
MIR. Raymcr to be- excessive md the other
in honorng them have supply been fol-
lowing un old precedent about which no
question seems to have risen heretofore
Their conduct has been entirely natural,
| anu INC uVBhlloll '"h III no why lhNolNc
them,
In the petition Messrs Oln Il Butler,
attorneys for the appellant, after repre-,
souting that section of article X. of the
constitution provides that the compcnsa-
tion of the state superintendent shall not
exceed 81 POO per annum, make the follow
ing allegations;
That said Oliver Il, Wells, state super
! intcndcnt, has not during his term of
Office paid out or expended amy money
whatever for clerk hire, or for any work
whatever that has been done in or about
said office of state superintendent, or in or
about the department Of public instruo.
| ton bat that all of said work SO done has
| been paid for 10y the state treasurer out of
| the state treasury over and above any sum
| Of money that has been paid 10y the state
treasurer to said Oliver T.. Wells, state
superintendent, as hereinafter stated,
Your petitioner further states and shows
10 the court upon information and belief
that said Oliver II, Wells, state superin-
tondent, has, 1t the end of each month
since the beginning Of hts term 1f Office
plNPu'u " NtuNulNuN III NlAtlhR w tH' ut-
count claimed to be due him from the
state of Wisconsin for his services ~ such
state superintendent, and for money ex.
pended 10y him for olork hire and for cX-
peuses incurred 10y him whilo making his
otlicn visits us such superintendent, but
that said statement was in no way item
ibod aud merely claimed payment in all
vt SSOS ,3, and submitted said written
statement to said 7, ]. Cunningham, sec.
rotary Of state, AMI that upon said state.
ment So submitted tho said I, j. Cunning
ham, secretary of state, has approved the
same and drawn warrant at the end of
each month upon the state treasurer, di-
rectiug the state treasurer to pay 10 the
said Oliver T.. Volts. state superintendent,
the sum of SSOS .yS. and that said oliver
T.. Wells has been paid upon said war
rants so drawn hy said secretary of state
upon the state treasurer AZ the end OF each
month since Jan. /. 1891, the said sun, of
SSOS 33, and that he has been So paid in
all mn to and iprluiinp tho month of
AUGUST. 1891 the sum of a. 466 G6 That
said sum uf S3lS&' is lust one. twelfth