Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-02-05
THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD.
Further Proceedings From the Printed
Journals.

Further Proceedings From the Printed
Journals.
January q. Mr.. Long, Of the com
mlttee on resolutions, submitted an
extended report on the clerkshipques
tlon, recltlng the abuses Of the preced-
ing legislature, aud concluding thus:
First THAT the maximum conpen-
sation for so-called experts or skilled
clerical service be fixed Mt o rate not
TO exceed $3.50 per day for each person
engaged In said service, and that no
such person receive compensation for
greater period than the time act
ually employed at such service.
Second-We find that the number of
experts or skilled clerks heretofore
employed has been in excess Of the
number actually required for efficiency
In investigating the said several de-
nents, involving the expenditure Of
large expenditure of large sums Of
public money, aud incurring great
expense with no corresponding benefit.
We therefore recommend that not to
exceed two such experts or skilled
clerks be employed to investigate sew
orally the office OF secretary Of state,
the Office OF state treasurer, the Office
OF state printer, and not TO exceed one
such expert or skilled clerk I'm each
department in the investigation Of
superintendent of public Instruction,
the insane asylum, the penitentlary
and the reform school; and that spec
ial committees, under concurrent reso-
lutions, 10 visit the several other
state and federal institutions be not
allowed any clerical aid except by the
consent and approval under concur
rent resolutions Of both houses; and
we further especially recommend that
the practice heretofore existing
whereby joint committees are created
with clause that they be permitted
10 employ necessary clerical aid be
discontinued, and that In the future
no clerk or aid be permitted TO any
committee except rs herelnbeforo
provided.
Third-We would further recon-
mend that In all other cases where
clerical aid Is required by general or
special committees Of this house, the
compensation should In no case ex-
ceed a. per day for the time actually
employed, and that no additional
clerical aid be employed without per-
mission of this house being first
obtained by the committee desiring
the same; and that In all other cases
where the standing committees are
required under concurrent resolutions
10 make an investigation or exami.
nation, the clerical work shall be per-
formed by the regular clerks OF the
standing committees whenever prac.
tlcal j. NJ. LONG.
Chairman.
Mr. llofer offered the following
amendment 10 the report of the COM
mlttee;-
That experts receive S5 per day and
clerks S3, unless the house otherwise
orders.
The amendment was lost and the
report was adopted,
The committee then reported back
most OF the resolutions amended as
follows;
That the words necessary clerical
aid" be stricken out and there be In
serted the words zone expert account
ant, whose compensation shall not
exceed $3.50 per day for each day
actually employed, aud one clerk at a
compensation not 10 exceed s5 per day
Tor each day actually employed"
The house IN each instance sought
70 limit the pay, the number Of clerks.
and the length OF time of every com.
mltlee and lolnt and special com.
mlttees aud c0nscientiOusly kent