Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-02-10
The Auditors Warrants.

in the chair. Absent toulleillol
Lewis.
The Auditors Warrants.
The auditors warrants for the past
month were presented as follows;
$27oos.77; institutions, $49,-
a94SS; general expenses, 1912, $40
73a.67: general expenses 1911. $780,,
e95 .65 treasury reimbursement, S251,-
S3S.97, and S152,65417; total s41o.-
1911
State Auditor Stevens reported the
cash on hand to daJe S61S,323-60; war
rants against cash, $257,S3S.9I bal
ance, $3554s463. According to the
State Auditors memorandum the war
rants passed provide funds to pay all
salaries and general expenses of the
several departments UP to Feb. /, 1872.
a qnonths maintenance for all State
all special appropriation
of 1911 except two; to all towns on ae-
count of paupers. PENSIONS State
roads and High schools, manifested,
except to such towns as owe the State
on tax of 1911 sufficient over school
funds and other credits to balance the
same. making payment of above
to 499 towns
All pauper claims that have been
and received in this office
are included for payment, except to II
towns, these owing the State on bal
ance a substantial amount. All
credits are included in said warrants
due towns that have paid their State
tax UP To noon, Feb. s. 1872.
No one appearing in the pardon
cases of James O'Connell, who has
served IA months of a three-yea
for robbery. and of Domenico
Teti of Roekland, who is serving a life
sentence in the State prison at Thorn
aston for the murder of Raffaele
Gonforto, further continuance was
granted in both cases.
The Darymen's Controversy.
Shortly after il A. NJ. the Council
went into Executive session for the
purpose of going into the matter of
The holding of two Independent State
dairy meetings. the past year. one by
the State Dairymen's Association at
Norway and another at Portland by
Commissioner Buckley. Comr. Buck
ey had taken the ground that the de-
partment of agriculture should have
been consulted in regard to the place
of holding the State Dairymen's AS
sociation and claimed that he did not
know that the meeting was TO be held
At Norway until after it was decided
upon by the officers sof the Dairymens
He requested a change
Of the place of meeting to Portland,
which was disregarded by the Dairy
A ,fs.tt lhf hat
i was too late to change the arrange
ments entered into at Norway.
The matter was before the Council
upon the question of the payment of
bills in relation to the Norway
which had been held up by
1omr. Buckley, President L. Z. Nc
ntire OF East Waterford of the State
Association and Comr.
Buckley We're both before the Council
md the situation in regard to the
holding of the two meetings was thor
oughly discussed.
1t developed that the bills for the
.wo meetings We're well under the
maximum amonnt allowed by the
State for the holding of a single dairy
meeting, the cost of the Norway meet
ng being 1910 and the Portland meet
ng. $275, making a total of $685.. The
Council did not deem it wise to pass
any order but allowed President Nc
Intire and Comr. Buckley to adjust the
matter between themselves.
1t was announced by Comr Buckley
at the close of the Executive session
that the bills of both meetings would
be paid by the department of agricul-
ture and that hereafter two State wide
dairy meetings would be held each
year, one by the State department of
agriculture and the other by the Maine
Association.