The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-01
PAP OF STATE OFFICERS.
Now York's Moderate Corporations Ar
Among the Most Liberal.

Now York'H Moderate Compensations Are
Among the Most Liberal.
No State pays its Governor q higher salary
than New York. and the pay OF State officers
In Albany Is higher than that Of Amerl-
can States generally, and conspicuously so In
some instances. The Governor gets $4,000.
the Lieutenant Governor $1,000. the State
Comptroller $4,000. tho Acknowledgement
$4,000. the Secretary OF State $1,000. the State
Engineer $1,000, and the State Treasurer
$4,000. No elective official gets less than the
pay OF q Congressman, and q Governor re-
celves double q Congressman's salary.
In Eastern States generally n fair rate OF
compensation for elected public officials is
maintained; in the South the rate Is less.
though large when the financial resources OF
some Southern States are considered. but in
the West the rate Of pay is often found to be in
adequate. and II is a source Of surprise to many
persons that competent officials can be secured
under such conditions. In Iowa. for instance.
q State without net debt. and the finances Of
which are in a lourishing condition, the Gov
ernor receives only $1,000. the Lieutenant
Governor less than 81 200 and the State Treas
urer 81. 700-a modest rate Of pay for three i'm
portant officials in a State the assessed valu-
alton OF which Is in excess OF Sti5O.OOO,OCO.
low however. is not the only Western State
which pays meagre salaries TO its officers; The
S tho 81 Michigan r re nIfno only gE Soy ~ h and
For som time after the close of the civil war
1t was q familiar saving IN the South and SOUTH
west that, while every State did not have q
treasury with something in it. every State had
a State Treasurer.
GERS. and as such the pay to them is fixed by
constitutional provision, and as there is a strong
R5S' pSbiie In of mRsiR{Y S ehosen af Sy pop plfn s vofe. Il
followed that the Treasurers. as a rule. were
undergrad. and the someThat dangerous
ting the Treasurer to deposit the public moneys
according to his own preference and to receive
posits. The plan worked well until the first
defalcation. and then II was found that the State
the bondsmen OF the Treasurer. In three States
Treasurers became fugitives; in two States
there were shortages which the Treasurers
Irregularities which ended in criminal prosecu-
tions. and thus a change q method became
reduced: the powers Of the State Comptrollers
were increased. The concurrence Of these two
public funds. The ONCE OF Auditor was estab-
lished and such safeguards were adopted as to
make axe d sd,iGat pas Of 4s s t fu agss very r. t rare hum
Der OF its State officials an Acknowledgement.
but in many States wherein the duties of an
fl%stsaGes sf 3 the STATE s'$ the p pay is sg insisnitcs ant
tRe FHU $2.5o3 a year. ar''f Kansas asp pays rs the same.
The, Acknowledgement, of Maryland gets only
s3.99S and Se 2rfan gayf p sSe eaTs s. f ,566' As may may
be inferred from this. it is not an easy task for
these States to secure the best professional
New Jersey pays her State Treasurer $4,000
q year. PENNSYLVANIA pays S7.4o0 and Indiana
$500. The latter receives, a larger salary
than is paid to the Hoosier Governor and con:
siderably more than the neighboring. State Of
Ohio pays it's State Treasurer, which is $4,000.
Massachusetts,, which has a. larger gross debt
than 2 n an, any 18th other r. State t and aPd g sf sinki 1sy fund nc larger large
urer $1,000 a year. Colorado pays its, Treas
State officers and receives, indeed. more salary
than does the Governor. ri Treasurer of the
State Of Maine receives $1,000 a year. the same
T fa,asy as q y o Pito receives saf a2 81. 200 and III the STATE state
Treasurer Of Wisconsin receives $4,000. the
same as the Governor.
which liberal salaries. or fairly liberal salaries,
are paid to Treasnrers; In the other States the
the nature OF the duties he IS called upon to
STATE Treasurer assure Of Michigan. for in Instance. IS
N Ss}g; nlsf s5.sp9G6:: NeTssSSS' sS Sf05?S west sf'S yiT:
SSiFEinIa; $4,000: TEE $ 1902 SSS The TTirSSasursf
according to the condition Of the times.
The Treasurer QfSouth Carolina gets $2,400;
MIfss SS! $1,000 5000; ( i L9I 1hdn FIG 5000 ) ;3M Max! and,
nois. $500; CONNECTICUT. $500: California.
$1,000: Alabama, $2.100. and of Arkansas,
and his duties pG are not a t'toSnSee r dasaG as Iowa wa is a
State without debt. and the cities OF Iowa, with
the one exception OF Sioux, City, are without
ceives S 5000, and OF South Dakota 81 300. Mon
tnna pays its Treasurer $4,000. and Minnesota
$1,000. The State Treasurer OF Idaho receives
81, 600 a year for his services, q smaller salary
than is paid to any OF the other State officials.
The duties Of a State, Treasurer are not oner-
Gus; but It'll the respoH1iSibilities Of Z such = 81 E place are
Treasurer is not a good investment for an
American Commonwealth.