The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-26
graduated on having such an efficien
force in his office
Auditors Office.

graduated on having such an efficient
force in his office
Auditors Office.
We find the records in the Auditors
ONCE kept in first class shape, the
NoncherS are property filed, the war
rants are neatly written and the va
rious accounts of the State properly
lndexed. We heartily endorse the
nGu and work of this department,
except in that we recommend that
more be given to the law
which claims are filed against
the State before the AUDITOR allows a
warrant to be issued upon the Treas
urer for same. This we feel. doubt
less Will be done in the future and
Will be Of material assistance TO the
department and service to the state.
We find that the following vouchers
We're issued by the Auditor upon the
State Treasurer and paid by him, none
of which We can approve:
Voucher No. 51S23 drawn s99.S7
payable to \. A. Watson. sheriff.
This seems to be for the Expense of
bringing a fugitive from justice back
TO this State who had fed therefrom,
and the bin which he fled and which
was sworn to allows him ten cents
per mile actual expense, whereas, sec
No. 31S9, under which the warrant was
drawn. in our opinion, does not war
ant or justify the payment of an
amount greater than his actual mile
age. In this connection We desire to
say that there have been a great
many vouchers issued in section No.
31SS, ReViSal of North Carolina, which
has reference to the arrest of fusltlVeS
from Justice. We feel that the State
in a great many of these cases has
been imposed upon. In One of these
cases has the law been complied with.
in that it does not appear that any
proclamation has been filed, in some
cases, no record that proclamation
was eve published or reward offered,
and we think that before any further
amount is paid out under this section,
it should be absolutely complied with
in every aspect. We desire also to
say that in our opinion, in the bring
ing of ConYicts to the p~enitentiary
from the various counties of the State,
the sheriff should be required to come
the nearest route. We find that in
some cases this has not been done.
and before issuing warrant for the
aymen of this expense the auditor
should ascertain that the statute re-
curing this has been complied with.
We find that in 1885 the Legislature
of North Carolina passed an Act
which was in Communication OF rent by
which the Governor of North Caro-
lima was allowed the sum of $4,000
pSi tIoIIl 81 io-i9 g. NAAD
Mansion was unfit for occupancy and
no longer. Upon examination We as
certained that the various Governors
of North Carolina from that period
until this. without any exception, have
been collecting this amount The
form in which it is now paid is in
the shape of a bill made out by the
Keeper of the Capitol in the follow
ing words and figures:
The State Of North Carolina to
| Governor, Debtor.
ITO servant hire in the Executive
Mansion during the
$1,000
We canlot approve of these Vouch-
erS, in that we do not think there is
any law which justifies the issuance
thereof. even if there were the
whole matter has been Irregular IN
that the Keeper of the Capitol in
forms your Committee that he has
never employed any servant Wlthl1l
the Executive Mansion; that he does
not know whether or not any one Is
EMPLOYED or ever has been, and thai
he has no knowledge as to the wages
paid any domestic servant employed
therein.
He further states that he collects
this amount himself from n state
Treasurer ZACH month. recelptng the
bill himself. and pays same over to the
l Governor, 1Or WhlCil lie dShS lO lC-
CENT. and takes none. We feel tina
this is unwarranted and that if sucf
a course can be followed, the cause
of the necessities of proper enter
of requirements made be
cause of the high position he occu'
pies, there would be nothing to pre-
vent the payment each month to the
Governor of such an amount that NJ
might deem proper and which ms pc
c,EIiar p0SiriOO might eQulre
We further find that during n pas
two wears the keeper of the capitol
has employed five more persons upon
his weekly pay roll than allowed o
the act passed by the General Assem-
bly, of 1907.
We also report to your honorabl
BODY that he examination of his ac
counts dfscloses the fact that Mr.. I
s. Meekins. Fish Commissioner of tn
State of North Carolina, an Otflc
created and established by the Legls
lature of 1907. is a member of tn
firm of Evans & Meekins, Manteo, \
G, and that in the DISCHARGE OF M
duty he is required to rent a boat an
patrol the waters of North Carclin
to see that the law in regard to tn
fishing industry is properly enforced
That he is given authority. under sal
act, TO purchase supplies for said boa
and crew, and that in the pursuanc
of such authority he has bought
great many articles, for which he ia
rendered his account. We flnd the
. each article of food supply, purchase
i, by. him during the last two years, we
" bought by him from the firm of Evar
& MeekinS, of which he is q membe
.-fH3s+r[L- has sworn to the accoifnt {
81 nfber of the firm, and also al
astina ID the said account as Fish Con
. - Amer. We further find that +
~ fented his own boat TO the Stat
aiIurn tyhich he has received the SUI
the 5000 per month. We turtle
aisad that he has rented an office fro
arnself for which he charges the SUI
lI1of SIS per month. We feel that
is. our duty to call this matter to II
attention of your honorable body. {
it is in violation of section 1872, r,
: yisal of North Carolina.
We find that voucher No. 40413
drawn for the hospital at Goldsbor,
this is for the sum of $500 fC
money to repair ONE building. stat
Hospital. We think that this amour