The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-10-13

Total cases for two years. 1T
The biennial report of the present
Republican Attorney General for the
fiscal years Of 1909-l0, ending Septem-
Der 30 1910, shows that he appeared
i'm and argued cases as follows
Criminal cases ............ ...... 50
Civil cases:
Virginia Debt Suit. ........ 1
Railroad Two Cent Rate Cases. 4
King Land Cases .... 4
State v, Unknown Heirs Of
John Green ...............
= Maryland: Boundary Suit. -. /
Delinquent Sheriffs..... 1
Nectment Cases .....,......3
Berkeley Springs Suit. 1890. l
Delinquent Tax Suits. ........G
Mandamus,. Suits ...........7
Tax; Appeals Suits. ........2
Delinquent corporation suits. So
Total cases, criminal and civil. :. 40
!. The last, Democratic Attorney Cen
eral. "undeF.. Governor MaGCork1e."
during said first two fiscal years Of
his term, recorded the following Off
cial. opinions: -.
70 State officials ............15
To other persons. ...........
..i FOtal OInclal opinions Tor
--. r---.- Two years III
The present Republican Attorney
General during the first two fiscal
years Of; his term ending September
80. 1910 recorded the following Off
ciaI opinions:
To State officials 1879
To heads of State institutions.
etc, 1877
Total official opinions .....326
These official figures show that the
work OF the present Attorney General
for the first two fiscal years Of his
term increased over the work of the
last Democratic Attorney General
under Governor MacCOrkle" for the
first two fiscal years Of his term, as
follows:
Increase in criminal cases d times,
or 4009o.
Increase in civil cases 141a times.
or 1862.
Increase in official opinions 1917
times, or 5000.
Total increase, "a times. or $4,000,
Average increase, II u times, or
1888 1875.
For the first two fiscal years Of the
last Democratic Attorney General
under Governor MacCorkle" the
Legislature appropriated for this de-
partment each year the following:
Salary of the Attorney Gen
Salary Of Assistant Attorney
General .................. 10000
Salary Of Printing Clerk. ... 100000
Contingent Expenses. 10000
Total " "a OOO 90
The above date does not include the
fees the Democratic Attorney General
received Under Democratic rule
all the fees Of the office went to the
Attorney General. Under Republican
law all fees collected go into the
State treasury.
The annual appropriation for the
two fiscal years ending September 80.
1910, was as. follows: =
Salary Of the Attorney Gen
erai Observation-Disclosures 900. 90
Salary of two Assistant Attor-
neys General, at $2.500.O0
each ................... 100000
Salary Of Printing Clerk ... 10000
Salary Of Stenographer. 100000
For purchase of library, office
fixtures, other clerk hire,
etc. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
= ---------------
Total ..............$ 10000
OF the amount appropriated by the
Legislature Of 1909, there remains un-
expended the sum Of $3,093.33.
From the foregoing official figures
it will appear that the increase in
work Of the present Republican At
torney General over the work Of the
last Democratic Attorney General, for
a corresponding length Of time. Is
eleven and one-ha1f G1M) times
while the increase in expense IS only
four and three-eighths (4%) times.
Had the expense increased in the
same ratio as the increase in work.
the appropriation made by the legis.
lature Of 1909 would have been eleven