The Portland daily press., 1897-03-04

90 pe seIectou Dy them, subject TO tne
approval OF the governor and council
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,
to be expended during the year eighteen
hundred and ninety five, and the further
sum of seventy five thousand to be sx-
pended during the year eighteen, hundred
and n1nety-six, under the direction OF
sad commission as herein provided.
Said commission is hereby authorized
ana empowered to lay any drain or sewer
that may be necessary from the said site
TO the PenoDscot river, and enter therein
below the dam; and for that purpose
may cross any land highways or railroads
that may be necessary. Damag for the
same shall be adjusted in the same man
ner as provided by law for the settlement
OF land damages incurred by railroads.
The governor and oou ncil are hereby au.
thorizsd to draw warrants upon the state
treasurer in favor of said commission,
from timesto time, to the amount herein
provided.
THE COMMISSIONERS PAY.
1t will be seen by this resolve creating
the commission that certain duties were
imposed on the Governor and Council.
they were to appoint the commissioners /;
to Tx the amount of ths reasonable COM
pensatlon allowed the mem bera of the
bills. for the commissioners services; and
to approve the larchitect's plans selected
by the commission.
The commission was appointed in the
spring of 1895 and Immediately began Its
work. As this progressed, and payments
became due Mr.. Campbell the treasurer
of the commission, made acquisitions on
the. Governor and Council and they in
turn issued warrants directing the State
treasurer to pay the money to Mr.. Camp
bell. Or course the commission kept the
bills and receipts to show how they had
expended this money and in the fall of
1896 appeared before the Governor and
Council and presented these accounts for
approval. The documents are now on
them are the accounts presented by the
mem bers of the commission for their
services and expenses. Each commits
sioners bills when presented were ap-
proved by the other two members and
paid but this arrangement of course was
subject to the approval of the Governor
and Council under the resolve. Now the
mmissionsrs thought that $40 a day
each for the time they spent in the work
would be about right and their allow
ances were made on that basis but the
Governor and Council thought differ
emily. The resolve did not require the
fixing of q per diem compensation. The
missioners were to have reasonable
amount and the Governor and Council
fixed upon So. $50 as a reasonable sum.
This is less than the amount asked for
by the commission, just how much less is
not stated but it has been reported that
the Sc, $50 would be equivalent to 81. so a
day in place of $40 day. The action of
the GovernorEand Council was in the
nature of the confirmation of a report of
one of it's committees. This report is as
follows:
"The special committee on salary of
commissioners of Eastern Insane Hospi-
tai submit the following report:
CATER full hearing we find that the
com missioners have proceeded with great
care; have made much necessary lnves-
tigation; and have assumed great respon-
sibility in tn discharge of their very ar
duous and responsible duties. We have
examined their bills for their various
personal services, as commissioners, and
have approved the same, as hereafter APP
pears. in accordance with the resolve OF
the State of Maine, approved February
10, 1895.
''We allow the sum of &c. $50. 90 as reas
enable compensation for the personal
services of the three com missioners,
covering period of twenty months time,
up to and including December 81, 1885,
to be deducted from the amount of said
a DprOpr1aG1on ID aCctOOHTCo Wlbu Uue
terms of said resolve.
ave Notwithstanding the vouchers
for moneylsxpended by them In construc-
ton of the buildings, etc., under said
resolve, and find them to correspond
with bills rendered.
ssH. L. Shepherd, Wainwright Cush
ing, Joseph G. Holman, Charles F. Dag
gett
HOTEL BILLS AND RAILROAD
FARES
In the financial statement made by the
commission, their expenses amount ito
90, 1881. This is mainly for the board
of the commissioners and their travelling
expenses. Bstween the time, of their or
gauiztngsand July II, 1895, the commits
sion visited number of insane hospitals
andsthe expense OF these journeys was
S454 Al. After she plans were drawn and
work begun the expense account con-
sists in the main of railroad and other
travelingfex penses Of the commissioners
In their Journey inqs to and from Bangor
and their hotel bills while there. The
expense to the State of the commission
may be summed up as follows:
Compensation, Sc, $50. 90
Clerk hire, 1,O66.66
Expenses, 2,419.31
Off CO rent, 266.S 81
SO. 991. rs
In other words it cost the State $40, 900
to pay for experimenting she expenditure
of $3.50, 900 and this is iu addition to the
payment made the architect for supervi.-
ing the construction of the buildings
The State, has "boiler house, kitchen,
laundry, amusement room and admins
tration building freproof and nearly
completed and the plans for two pavil-
Ions for the insane are drawn and paid
for.
There are a number OF reports In cir
oulation as to she way the work of the
comm ission has been done which are
causing comment. The commission had
an office and clerk in Bangor and their
accounts show that they spent good
deal of time IN that city, yet it is stated
that their banking was -done In Rock
land, tits alsosstated that the contracts