The record-union., 1897-08-03
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND ASY-
LUM CLAIMS.
Shall the State be Represented at
the National Dairy Con-
vention?

Secretary Of State Brown and Deputy
Attorney General Anderson were pres
ent at an interesting meeting Of the
State Board of Examiners yesterday,
at which time a number Of important
matters came up for consideration.
Some time ago the Attorney-General
was requested to give an opinion as to
whether or not the board had a right
to approve the claim of the Deaf, Dumb
and the Blind Asylum for 81, 40 ID for
supplies" about one-half of which
were in reality permanent improve
ments.
The opinion submitted by the Attor-
ney-GeneraI was considered by the
board. 1t is to the effect that if any
items included in the claim are for
permanent improvements, the board
Shall reject them, but approve all 9TH
ers. In conclusion, the opinion states
that many of the items classed by the
board as permanent improvements are
in reality only necessary repairs to the
several departments of the institution.
DAIRY CONVENTION.
A communication from the State
Dairy Bureau was read, from which
the IOIlON iAlS EAAIdCtS were LahEu-
The Dairy and Food Commissioners,
and Dairy Association of the United
States have called a convention to be
held at Detroit from the 18th to the
9th of August, 1897, inclusive.
The members of the State Dairy Blu
reau are of the opinion that such a
convention would benefit the dairy in
dustry, and assist in the cooperation
and enforcement of the dairy and pure
food laws of the several States.
In view of the State of California
being represented by the State Dairy
Bureau, they ask of your honorable
board permission for one of it's mem
bers or its authorized agents to attend
said convention to be paid out of the
sum appropriated for the use Of the
State Dairy Bureau for the forty-ninth
fiscal year"
Secretary Of State Brown said he
should favor sending a representative
of the bureau to the convention, pro-
vided the amount to be expended be
specified.
On motion, the matter was re-refer-
red to the bureau, with instructions to
append an estimate of probable ex-
penses.
NORMAL SCHOOL TRUSTEES Elk
PENSES.
Some time ago the State Board Of Ex-
aminers communicated with the Attor-
ney-General requesting an opinion as
to whether the claim of the Trustee
OF the State Normal School at Los An
geles for mileage in attending a spec
ial meeting of the joint Board Of Nor
NAL School Trustees could, under the
law. be paid out Of the appropriation
for support of the State Normal School.
An opinion was received from the
Attorney General as follows:
Section 1892 Of the Political Code
as amended in 1897, Stats 1897, 235-
% provides for regular and special
meetings of the joint Board of Normal
School Trustees, and subdivision s of
that section provides that, Members in
attending the meetings of the joint
board shall receive mileage while in
actual attendance upon the meeting,
the same to be paid out of any appro-
priation made by the Legislature for
that purpose
AS there was no appropriation made
by the Legislature for this purpose, I
am Of the opinion that the claim in
question cannot be allowed. The only
appropriations made in the General
Appropriation Bill for the Normal
School at Los Angeles are the follow
ing:
For supplies of officers teachers
and employees of State Normal School
at Los Angeles, $92, 600.
g For use of library, museum and
purchase of scientific apparatus, State
Normal School at Los Angeles, 81, 800
For care and improvement of
grounds, State Normal School at Los
Angeles, $1,000
Even if it were not clear that the
provisions of subdivision of section
1892, above quoted required a special
appropriation for the payment of
claims of this character, it is perfectly
obvious that none Of the appropriations
for the Los Angeles Normal School in
cludes expenses incurred by the Board
Of Trustees for attending meetings"
While no action was taken by the
board at yesterdays meeting, it was
decided to consider the claims, which
aggregate $3.50, at the next regular
meeting, when. in accordance with the
opinion rendered, they will be rejected.
INFORMAL DEMANDS.
The bills sent in by the State Har-