Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-01
COST Of The
LEGISLATURE
Many Employees Appointed
Without Warrant.
From the NEWS Correspondent

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Trenton, April 1.-The both legisla-
ture, which viii reach fnal adjournment
next week, will cost the state about
100000. OF this sum more than
$4,000 will go to compensate legisla-
tive employees appointed without war
rant Of the statute regulating the off.
GERS and employees. The extra employ
es are provided for in the incidental
expense bill, which was introduced and
passed through both houses last Friday,
their salaries, of course, being included
in the supplemental appropriation bill.
The extra salary account of the sem
ate amounted to $4,000. This pay roll
included a clerk to the secretary, an
assistant secretary for the president, an
assistant bill clerk, four stenographers
and a committee clerk. at $500 each;
seven committee clerks, four file clerks,
four gallery keepers and a cloak room
keeper at $3.50 each; an extra page at
5000, and $500 for extra committee as
sistanee.
The officers provided by statute for
the senate are the secretary and assist
ant, PRESIDENT secretary, supervisor Of
bills and assistant journal clerk and
assistant, calendar clerk, bill clerk,
clerk to printed bills committee, SER
geant-at-arms and assistant, five door
keepers and fesF pages, the salaries
~aggregating $11 $50. These officers all
served making the total pay roll ac-
count in the senate $21 $50.
The assembly overstepped the statute
to the extent of more than thirty m
ployes, the extra salary account being
$l1 ,050. The list included two stenog-
raphers, and assistant supervisor Of
bills and an assistant journal clerk-at
$500 each; two assistant supervisors of
bills at $3.50 each; another assistant to
the supervisor at $3.50; two assistants
to the clerk, aggregating $3.50; an as
sistant bill clerk at $3.50; seven com
mittee clerks at $500 each; fifteen file
clerks at 5000 each; a postmaster at
$500; a committee clerk at 800 and
two assistants at $50 each. The file
clerks were an innovation this session,
the assembly having adopted the SEN
ate method Of fling the bills intro
duced. AS there are sixty assemblymen
each four members had a file clerk to
keep their file of bills in shape.
The assembly officers provided by
statute are a clerk and assistant, speak
er's secretary and assistant, journal
clark II assistant, supervisor of bills
and two assistants, sergeant alarms
and two assistants, bin clerk and assist
ant, clerk to printed bills committee,
four committee clerks, twelve doorkeep-
ers and ten pages, the salaries aggre-
eating $l8,300. These officers all served,
50 the total payroll in the assembly was
$29,350.
The total salaries paid the officers
and employees in the two houses was
$51 200. The compensation paid to the
eighty-one members of the legislature
was $~40,S33.32. The travelling expenses
Of all the officers and employees, which
is paid by the state, amounted to more
than $4,000 for the session. The sta
tionery, toilet articles, etc, for the two
branches cost about S 600 and there
We're miscellaneous expenses such as
telephone charges, printing, postage,
etc, amounting to about 81 200.
The regular appropriation bill carries
an item of $1,000 for indexing the laws
Ill., :Se.lA4+ Les f~naAs @and
s $1,000 is allowed for printing and cir
eulating the laws. The allowance of
$40 for each prayer at session openings
and last years officers who aided in
opening this session amounted to 81, roo.