The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-04
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SECRETARY
SUBMITTED
HIS REPORT
Council Asked for Statement
and Received 1t.
ACCOUNTS WERE SHOWN
Of Business Since Appoint
ment of Present Secretary.

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: the Territory William Grimes today SUBJ
nitted to the council of the legislature
/ III response to a. resolution adopted by
that body, a statement of al lfees col
lected by him as secretary for the year
1902, and the expenses of the Office for
the same period. The receipts of the
Office aggregate sl6,sl3.30. including the
congressional appropriation of $3.50. for
salary and expenses and the legislative
appropriation of $500 for expenses The
expenditures are given as $3.50, making
! the net total received BY Mr.. Grimes,
$s.5 $3.50.
The resolution adopted by the council
calling upon Mr. Grimes for statement
of fees received and expenditures was
introduced by Senator Hickam, of Payne.
Before the resolution was adopted Mr..
Grimes stated that his office and all re-
cord'books were open for inspection and Il
special invitation was extended to the
members of the ways and means COM
mittee to visit the Office TO see how it
had been conducted since the beginning
of Mr.. Grimes term as secretary began.
Under the present law all fees recorded
by the secretary, with the exception of
portion of the insurance fees, are retained
BY him. There is no law to compel the
secretary to make an accounting of fees
received and in cases in the territory no
itemiZed statement of receipts and expen-
ditures in the secretary's Office has been
made when requested by either branch
of the general assembly.
t. -, oil s,,t,
duced by Senator Hickam to pay the sec
retary a salary of s1.Sco in addition TO
that received from the government. and
the fees collected in the Office are 10 be
turned over to the territorial treasurer.
The bill was introduced with the idea
that the salary of the secretary should
be in proportion OF the amount of money
received by other territorial officials.
What the legislature will do with the
measure is problematical but the amount
OF money received by Mr.. Grimes in 1902
will cause them to carefully consider the
bill or some other similar measure, with
a view of turning into the treasury por-
ton or all of the fees now received under
the law by the secretary.
If the emoiuments of thte Office We're
materially reduced. it is probable that
Mr.. Grimes would not care for it, as he
is financially independent of political posi-
ton of this kind He has tthe reputation
of securing lucrative office without ask
ing for it, for he was in the south when
endorsed by the territorial committee and
recommended for appointment by Dennis
Flyii. 1t has been the idea that the cfiice
Of secretary paid from $4,000 to s1S,ooe per
ear net but these figures were evidently |
rot secured from an authoritative source. |
Mr. Grimes report as read in the council, |
is as follows:
I'm response TO your request for the (
fe es and salaries received by me as sec |
retary of Oklahoma territory for the cal |
endar year ending December 81. 1902, l 1
beg leave to submit the following:
No Amount |
Total number of charters is
sued during the year for
which full legal fee was
charged ......-.....-.-.....-....o 800 Sb.oo" w |
Number of charters ISSUED for
which a fee of 81 was charged
including churches and ceme-
teries ..............-----.-..--.- ~ lsSW
Reuuisitions and warrants is
sued for which fee of $3.50
was charged -.............--.. g. lssW
Tetal number of notarial COM
missions issued during the
year for which fee of s. was
charged ......-.......-.........i1 l,0J6o0
Received insurance fees -. 4023 50
testimated). 1000
Received as salary from Unit
ed States --..........-.---.-.. IS"'.W
Expenses allowed by the gov
ernment for rent of office,
niture, fuel lights. station
cry, clerk. printing. postage.
ice record files, record cas-
ings. messenger. porter and
other incidental expenses 2He %
Expenses allowed by territory
for similar purposes ........-- 5000
Total -. 16913.30
Expenses OF this Office for the year
ending December 81 199e. (estimated)
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