The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-03
MAKES A WARM REPORT
A GOOD DEAL OF WORK DONE YESTERDAY
Loaned 81, 500 to State Fair, Elected New Of
fcats, Loaned 5000 to A. 4 NJ.
College. and Awarded Coatract
for Museum Annex.

for Museum Annex.
The Board of Agriculture did mum
Der Of things yesterday. In exposing
the record of fusion management it did
we'll
All the officers and employees agreed
on by the caucus the night before and
published yesterday were elected n a
lump. except the engineer. King, the
present engineer, was retaInad. BE
sides these things lha Board did the
following:
Loaned 81 800 10 the State Fair.
Voted to pay members per diem from
the time they leave home.
Awarded the contract for he new mu-
scum annex TO liner X Co.. IF Char
lotte. ut ST. 800.
Loaned $4,000 to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College for month or 50.
And other things that need not
he made particularly prominent. The
board held two sessions-from 1880 TO
] 30 and from to 6:30 and talked a
good deal, besides transacting a quaint :
of business.
Far and away the warmest part OF
the proceedings was the report of tie
Finance Committee, which almost Sc
cured q return to ;ne temperature of
the late insurrection.
One of the warmest parts of the re-
port was formerly That which dealt
with the number of inspectors under the
old board but this was omitted, The
report as presented is given in full.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMIT
TEE.
Your committee has made careful
and detailed examination of the book>
of the treasurer and of the warrants
drawn by the Secretary OF the Board
for payment. The books of the treas
nrer are neatly and accurately kept
the entries therein agreeing with those
on the warrants of the board but thu
committee feels obliged to report thai
the accounts as presented by the Secre
tary for payment are not at all salts
factory because Of the failure to insert
itemized receipts for the moneys drawn
This omission was noted in the accounts
Of the commissioner. the Secretary unt
the inspectors. This is unbusiness-likt
be passed over without serious rebuke
Secretary Ramsey says that he has the
itemized receipts for most of the war
rants and THAT he will insert the same
at once and while this is satisfactory
when done. yet it does not excuse the
carelossnesS of having permitted 1t.
tHere in the report follows an exhibit
of several columns of such items which
aggregate S10,993.r4)
Your committee desires to further re-
port that moneys have been drawn from
the treasury without warrant of law
notably in the payment Of the per diem
and expenses of John Brady and X.
Il. Ineberry, two eX-members of the
Board of Agriculture. who were called
to Raleigh and paid for service with
out shadow of legal claim. The
committee regards this most fragrant
breach of trust. which is jointly charge
able to the minority members of the
Board and the Secretary. The commit.
tee recommends that the persons .huS
illegally and wrongfully paid be no.l-
fed of the fact and given an opportunity
TO refund the money wronsfuliy
drawn from the fund of the
Agricultural Department; or in
their failure to do so, to suggest to the
minority members the propriety of their
replacing the sums thus wrongfully
withdrawn from the State Treasury.
John Brady was paid S47SJ.
II. Il. I4ineberry was paid $500.
Your committee also finds that the
minority members of the Board who
met without warrant Of law on OF
about the 9th day of April, 1899, and
refused entrance to the majority of the
Board. not only usurped the functions
of the whole body, but paid themselves
at rate not recognized i'll the Act OF
1899 now governing the Board and il
excess of the legal fees set forth in thu
Act of 1897. under which they formerly
acted. but which was repealed by thu
Assembly 0f 1899, and therefore wrong
fully and illegally paid (see exhibit c..