The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-21
TO CUT OFF THE PERQulSl1Es
MN. wOoTEN.s BILL TO COMPEL,
STATE EMPLOYEES TO PAY BOARD.
Prohibits Subsistence Mt tho Expense
of the state OF Employees OF
Elcemosynary Institutions,

Austin, Texas, February 2o.--Thc fol-
lowing bill was introduced in tho house to-
day by Mr.. wootcn; It is intended to resu-
late tho matter of the residence and main
tenance OF the officers and employees OF
tho various eleemosynary institutions OF
the State of Texas, to prohibit the free
subsistence OF such officers and employees.
their families, friends and guests, at the
expense OF the State, except as herein
provided, to require such officers and am-
ployes and their families to be boarded
and lodged upon separate account from
the ordinary current expenses OF such IN
stitutons and their inmates, and, as far
as practicable, to require such officers
and employees and their families to defray
their own expenses.
| Section j. That, as far ms practicable and
consistent With the efficient management
of the various eleemosynary institutions OF
| the State of Texas, their various officers
and employees and the families OF the Same
| shall be maintained at their own personal
expense and not upon the account or AT
| tho cost OF the State or Of said institute
| lions; and to that end the superintendent
| and boards of managers or trustees OF
said institutions shall, as soon as prac-
ticable after the passage of this act, adopt
and enforce suitable regulations In accord
ancc herewith. requiring all officers ana
employees and their families in the service
of or attached to said institutions and
| whose personal attendance Is not absolute
ly demanded day and night In the perform
ance of their duties, to reside outside tho
main buildings Of said institutions. OF
conveniently accessible thereto, 50 as u
H. n,,,,t NJ hair
private expenses TO be kept neparate from
the current expense account or such In
sttutiops; provided, however, that this Is
not intended to prevent the superintendent
and boards G. managers or trustees from
permitting or requiring the personal lodg-
ing and board in such institutions or tne
officers and employees whose actual resi-
dence and presence therein at all times
is indispensable to the proper performance
OF their duties and TO the satisfactory
and efficient conduct of said Institutions
and provided, further that In no event
shall tho board and lodging or other per-
sonal and private expenses or maintenance
OF any member OF the families OF such Of
icers and employees, or their relatives aud
guests. not actually in the service OF the
said institutions, DO permitted, aud IN all
| cases where from motives of convenience
or necessity arising from the character or
service required of any officer or ON.
| DlOye, his OF DcT UtTablistl itpihNhNN 'HN
presence are required in the institutions.
such officer or employee shall be charged
and shall pay the reasonable cost of his
or her personal board lodging and other
expense the same to he regularly collected
and made account of us hereafter pro-
vGed.
Sec .. IL shall be the duty of said super
intendents and boards OF managers or
trustees TO require The opening and kesp-
ing of separate accounts with any and all
officers and employees coming within the
provisions oil this act and each and every
item of personal aud private expense IN
Cured by them which is sustained by OF
should be paid 10 the current expense ac-
count oi said institutions, AS herein con-
tempIated, shall bs duly noted and roSn-
larry collected from such officers and en-
ployes. and tho salaries and wages OF such
officers and employees who may be indebted
to the institutions of such separate ac.
counts shall not be paid until their SAID
personal and private expense accounts are
duly liouidated TO tho institutions or TO
the State Any and all goods, wares, mer-
chandise or other articles OF subsistence
and use that may be furnished Sucn oth-
GERS and employees or their families from
the supplies and current expense account
of said institutions, shall be furnished only
upon the personal requisition of the ofheer
or employe desiring the same which re-
auction must be approved by the SUPER
intendent and storckeeper or accountant
OF such institution, and tho same shail DC
fled with the bookkeeper or accountant
properly receipted by the officer or en-
ploye offering the same ana cnhrEea 10
him or hor on his or her separate account
as aforesaid, and all such acquisitions shail
be presented to, examined and approved
| by the boards OF managers or trustees
quarterly, and then shall be reported 70
and filed with the comptroller OF pubic
accounts and kept In his Office for pubic
inspection II desired All goods, wares,
merchandjse and articles OF use not fur
nished out OF the stores and supplies OF
the said institutions as aforesaid, put
which said officers and employees may de-
sire for their own use, may be purchaser
by them on their own account prpViueu'
that such purchases and private arrange
J ments shall not In any way pc alioWeu ~
Interfere with the usual and necessary
regulations OF said institutions nor I'M
nose additional service, burdens and IN
convenience upon the management or the
same II deemed proper and necessary toi
, the better carrying out OF the PROVISIONS
OF this act and Of the regulations herein
, contemplated the said officers ana en-
nJoyes NAV keep separate tables for theif
board and otherwise arrange their personal
and prlyate living SO as TO enable inc
accounts herein required to be kept 10 pe
more satisfactorily conducted. not, now,
ever TO conflict with the necessary ano
r proper discipline and management OF the
!. said institutions Under the head Of per
!, sonal ana private expense" as herein used
= and contemplated are to be included the
, expense OF keeping and caring for Al
I, horses. buggies, carriages and other per,
y y sonal property belonging 20 or used by,ait
officers and employees and their families 9.
the cost Of which shall be paid Tor ~
said officers aud employees and account o
:, The same separately kept and rendered a.
= above provided in case Of direct persons.
:, expenser All laws and parts OF laws u
z copfict herewith arc hereby repealed
z sec. 3. Emergency clause.