The record-union., 1897-05-11
NO DEFICIENCIES ALLOWED.
Such is the Decision Of the State Board
Of Examiners.
State Printer JOhnstOn's Reply to a
February Request for Ger
tain Facts.

Ever since the Governor found fault
with the deficiencies created for the
support and maintenance of the State
Printing Office the proposition to al
low no further deficiencies of any kind
has been under consideration by the
State Board of Examiners.
Secretary of State Brown and Attor-
ney-General Fitzgerald seem to have
been of one way of thinking, and be-
fore yesterdays meeting of the board
they compared opinions touching on
the matter. A resolution prepared by
the Secretary of State was finally
agreed on as being more nearly on the
line Of the statute governing the case.
| and as soon as the board met yesterday
it was laid before the Governor
The latter read it over carefully, and
when questioned by the Attorney-Gen-
eral, said it was entirely satisfactory
to him. The resolution as adopted is
as follows:
Resolved, That for the forty ninth
and fiftieth fiscal years the various
State institutions, commissions, de-
partments and officers. must be sup
ported by the appropriations made by
the Legislature for that purpose, as the
grant deficiencies in the appropriations
made for their support or for any 9TH
er purpose. They are hereby request
ed to govern themselves accordingly,
and the Secretary of this board is here
by directed to have this resolution
printed and copy sent TO each person
affected
On February Sd, at a meeting of the
board, a resolution was unanimously
adopted providing that the Superinten-
dent of State Printing be requested, in
making out his payroll to include a
statement of the amount of composition
matter set up by each compositor, to-
gether with the quantity of work per-
formed and the time it took TO do it,
in both the schoOlbook and the general
department.
Secretary of State Brown called at
tention to a letter he was in receipt of
from the superintendent of State Print
ing, stating that it was impossible, as
the work of the printing office was not
done by the piece, to comply with the
provisions of the resolution. Secretary
Brown suggested that the letter be
read.
Governor Budd, however, was in no
mood to listen to letters from the State
Printer. He said letters We're not the
best evidence, and wanted State Printer
Johnston called before the board to tes
tify concerning the facts. The Gov
ernOr contended that it was possible
for the State Printer to comply with
the provisions of the resolution, and in
order to prove his contention called for
the experts report, made for the Leg
islative Committee, when the charges
made by the Governor against the State
Printer were investigated
The Governor directed his arguments
to the Attorney General, and consumed
some time in marshaling his points.
When he rested finally, Attorney-Gen
eral Fitzgerald merely said the reSolu
ton was not worth spending time upon.
1t was imperative, because compliance
with it was impossible, and he did not
care whether it was rescinded or not.
Secretary Brown moved the rescind
| ing of the resolution, and voted aye.
Attorney General Fitzgerald said the
matter was not worth a vote, as il was
a dead letter, and he declined to vote at
all. Governor Budd voted no. and the
| resolution still remains upon the Feb
| ruary minutes of the board.
| The letter of the State Printer re-
| mains unread IN open board.
| Supervisor Field of Monterey COun
| ty was before the board with a request
| that an expert be sent to examine the
| claims of his county against the State
| for the support of orphans, half-Or-
! phans and abandoned children. The
! board promised to send it's expert as
soon as possible.