The Portland daily press., 1901-02-09
In Response To Representative
PIummer'S Order.
There Are 16 Of the Re-
ports in All.
Some Are Long But Others Are
Very Brief Indeed.

ESPECIAL TO THE rREss.l
Augusta, February s--Some time ago
Representative PIummer OF Portland pre-
sented In the House an order which was
passed calling on the heads OF the depart
ments of the state government for Item
tzed accounts OF their expenses and the
fees received by them during the past
year Tod sy these reports were pre-
sented. There are sixteen OF them and
some are very long while others consist
merely in the statement that the depart
ment has no expense account and receives
no fees.
Secretary of state Byron Boyd reports
In substance as follows:
Received as fees under the statute in
1890;
Thirty trademarks at three dollars, 3 90
Three railroad organizations at so 20
from CORPORATIONS. 3l50
S332O
Under the statute these fees were
turned into the state treasury. In addt-
tion fees were received as Follows;
Recording l5U changes In charters, 100
SopIss y. W, 80 atirosd Iaasaa "a
From peddlers' licenses, S4s
sl3n
The law In relation to psddlers' licenses
has been declared unconstitutional. and
a. 80. ,,,ho fsr.r.,,ar. mas
Is not no" IN ioroe' NC NoPNA mos
lot travelling expenses
Ex-Aitorney General William L. Haines
iH"AsS 'Ho -
lead: IAN account Oh ali ices anu money
received or collected or charged or uncol-
Iaoted In the offioa of Attorney General
,ooo ;,
lof tne gear 4'OV'
For approval of certificates OF corpo-
ratlons, S9'Lfo
For excuses OF corporations from
tiling their annual returns tney
having ceased actual business o<o
-
$os No
Ms. s..,a has na,d az napsas as fnllows.
NO ''''' f
Clerk hire, sSOO
Travel, oo
Telegraph and telephones ~
Postage, oS
S4oO
Ex.Stata Treasurer Simpson In his re-
rort gives an itemizsd account of all this
moneys paid into the treasury during the
yer. In addition he reports under the
heal of fees collected an item OF SO for
a certificate of deposit to the Union
Mutual Life Insuranos company and for
sealing weivtha and measures. S33 81. a
total OF SyY So The contingent expenses
of the departm mt have been xSOl ii,
The renort of Insurance Commissioner
lates to the expenses incurred in the con-
duct of the ordinary business of the
Office The other deals with the expenses
Incurred In making of Investigations
under the law providing for the investi-
cation Of fires. The first report shows
that there have reen collected and paid
into the state treasury fees to the amount
of Sl3, ,4O3 The expenses OF he depart
ment for the year were 81, Ig1 ~, the ap-
propriation being 5000. The expenses
Include clerk hire, railroad fees and hotel
bills, including bill OF Sl40 for attend
ance OF the commissioner at the national
convention OF insurance comm issioners,
anu the other running expenses OF the
office In the matter OF the investigation
OF fires, the expenss cover the cost of
clerical work, the travel OF the commis-
sioner and those whom he has authorized
to assist In the work, payments to detec-
tives who have been employed to do work
in some OF the cases, and the fees OF
stsnographers who took the testimony.
~ - 1,. s,.a, sa,s, coI,.s ssvarsi
s1nSs sru @as iih Ii,ts ,ntaI ,s q oea ia txSo
nunureu. Inc Total u el,s's'S5i Two
II~, 80, y. ~ Ter,Stc,P =, ~ rar,rt
80 -. aII q. c,SiartsaIa 10 tns cr m
- ;ys,r..s, sA.s 80 =. tna s.ya rrsnsrrv
yor ~ banatit ~ tna San1 for the anforcs
,'oart ~ sha Isgs M Tsrlston ssvs that
-, 10 santtrr- t,,,,ss - ths
department require practically all OF his
.ss 70 H.so . Ia, =. oasa ~
IAiNeA5 Ao hthS PtOS9ohocNA N-%HSD -
violations OF the laws altnough tnat duty
Cartoons expense account oovsrs mum.