Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-28
BILLS MUST Be D. K D
Attorney General Rules on
Hayward Law as to
Expenses
ALL OFFICIALS MUST ITEMlzE
Expenses For Junketins Trips and
Travelling of all Kinds Must Be Aud
tied by the Executive Council--Iowa
Building at St. Louis For Sale =.
State News.
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Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 28.-Attorney Gen
eral Mullan has rendered decision in
the case of the application Of the Hay
ward law to certain bills and accounts
Of the state officials and heads of de-
partments. The decision clears UP the
atmosphere In official circles to some
extent, but not entirely as there are
details to be- disposed of. This new
law Of the state, placed on the books
by the Thirtieth general assembly, has
caused caused CONSERVATION in some
quarters at the state house. 1t was
pretty hard on some of the officers
when the Twenty-ninth general as
sembly passed law requiring every
state official to itemlZe all expenditures
Of every kind and authorized the exec
utive council to throw the light OF pub
licity on all transactions by publication
of a volume each year with all these
expenditures itemized. Several OF the
officials. especially those who had
been hanging on for several years ana
were accustomed to the old free and
loose way Of doing business, kicked
hard on having to make public all their
personal travelling expenses. NOW, I'M
der the newer law, as interpreted by
the attorney general IN his opinion CIV
en- last Monday to the executive coun-
ell. 1t will be necessary for every state
officer and all members OF boards ana
commissions of every kind, to itemize
all statements Of personal expense ana
expenses other than the direct salaries
or expenditures for state purposes, to
swear to these vouchers and In addition
to having them O.K.'d In the usual
manner by the heads of departments
the executive council must AUDIT lheh.
For instance, If the railroad commits
sioners go on a jaunt to portland, Me-
to attend convention. and take along
several friends and pay from their con-
tingent fund all expenses, the auaitor
of state will not issue the warrants
until the executive council has haa pe-
fore it an itemized statement and mas
the same. The commission
can nav for the maps or for postage or
for publishing the report put "heii -
comes to personal expenses or members
or the office force, even though Oh
official or semi-official business, lhere
must be an auditing OF the pllls. Inns
extends even to the boards OF controi.
OF course the council will not audit All
the bills for supplies and the thousand
and one other items which come ne
fore the board of control. Neltner VIII
1t mean any change, for the poarQ' ~
the manner of preparing DIS lor Tue
board has always done business on
strictly business basis. But IN the
case of some of the boards and com
missions and some Of the state OIL
csrs the new system is a revolution.
YET II does nothing more than place
the business affairs of the state on a
ba sis of clean business, basis Where
it should have been placed years aso'
If this system had been In force some
Of the scandals Of the past Wouid nave
been avoided. ,.
Chairman Robinson and Mr. CoWn1e
OF the state board Of control nave sone
TO st. Louis where they will look over
the Iowa building at the expositio'l'
and the other Iowa property there ana
considers what is best to be done WIN
the property when the exposition doors
gre closed. The board Of control Is
charged with the duty of handling TINS
property and disposing OF 1T as pest ~
oan. 1t was the thought OF many OF
the legislatore that the building should
he brought back to the state and re-
erected at some one of the state lnstl-
buttons, but this will hardly be feas-
ible in view of the material OF when
the building was constructed. 1t Is
nrobable the material will be sold to
a wrecking company and the building
will be taken away.
So
A call has been issued FOR meet
ing in st. Louis next month or the law
examiners for several of the states 7"
meet there at the time of the meeting
of the American Bar Association. Az
torney General Mullan, who is ex-of-
flicio chairman of the Iowa law exan-
lining board, was one or the slgners OF
the call. Within recent years tWen~
ty-five states have adopted the plan OF
having admissions to the bar only ar
ter examination by law commission.
and in this way the standard Of the
profession is being raised.
The effect of the Illinois fish COM
missioners to put stop to the plan OF
having the United States and the state
of Iowa engage in SEEMING fish out OF
Mississippi river bayous for distribu-
ton turnout Iowa and other states,
fell fiat; and the suit which was
brought at Galena on the arrest OF
eight of the United States fishing crew
stationed at Bellevue, Ia, was ended
without a trial. The situation pro-
missed some complications which WOULD
have been interesting to the sportsmen
of Iowa.
Grand Junction.
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