Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-04
SENATE REPORT.
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of State treasurer and the expense o
one, IL not two. clerks TO carry it out
What should he donee law should b
enacted. TO provide two additional clerks
i'm the Office of the State auditor. two o
them, two auditing clerks. And thes'
clerks should go ito these various pub
lie institutions, and one of them andl
the books and the other one take &C
Z count of stock at the same time. on the
same day. unexpected in their arrival
Then with law like that there is nc
possibility of anything such as might
happen under this provision
This bill provides another thing. In
the amendment which is before MS il
provides THAI the institution may have
$1,000. | think, for the purchase of sup
plies al their door, their regular open
market TO buy of the farmers around
near This public institution That is de-
signed to@take care of daily routine
business with the farmers. the market
which they now enjoy,
But the alysuftlity of the bill and the
amendment is this Take our institu-
ton over lere We have an income
from various sources. not from the
State but from those who owe the in
stitution for one thing and another. for
patients, of something like $4,000. that
is scattered along through the year.
Now one treasurer and the snperintend-
ent collect these bills against the par
ties who owe. Them. and they have each
month from Sh0nb ID $4,000 coming in-
to their. hands, into the hands of the
treasqss1 RfE laskT4L seail ,of SEQ
900 to assure that that MONEY is prop
erly ,ssspen,gledG, and Jbey, ufe,it now for
the pllrp9 ses of the Institution But un-I
der this pin tex hayezgot this. $losoeo,
or ssQae 5o,s1a99, ogoo, rlgnI in their hands.
and thess,seant aselsor espend one cent
of it bnt. thfyb must come over here TO.
the State .treasHrers Office! and get $1,000
to use IN buying butter and eggs and
one sfipsa,aml aaaathersasuch as they
buy at the door. ssi5is ses
And miten that $1,000 is gone the sug
gestion is1that they come over and get
another $1,000 for that purpose, not
the fact that they lave
got ss090 or $4,000 right in their
hands. Is there any reason in sucii
as that?
The object to be attained to safeguard
the interests of The State. is a proper
one. and something should be done, but
think that this does not cover the
done and something proper
worked out, ! think this matter ought
to be referred 10 the next Legislature
and be fully considered, and bill pre-
scented al that time that would meet the
situation and at the same time avoid
the difficulty of legislation on a public |
act to satisfy Or to take part In mat
ter of purely personal interest. And ]
move with all due respect to this act, |
in 1t, that it be referred to the
next Legislature.
The PRESIDING OFFICER The
Chair will state that the pending ques- |
ton is the reconsideration of the vote |
this -pfif vas -passed- to be en-
crossed
Mr. kIGdIAR DS0N of Penobseot: Mr..
President, | was very much pleased o.
the outset to hear the senator from
poses of this bill are correct -
He Is very much at fault If he thinks
that Incorporation for the bill has not
been we'll made. This matter has been |
low for "a period of six or |
eight years, and the first auditor the
State of Maine had, before this person.
al controversy TO which he refers was
entered into, recommended identically
this legislation. Surely Mr.. Hatch
could not be charged with entering
into that squabble, that dirty squab-
BILE. Nov, MIR. President, this matter
has been threshed out in our corridors
here for days. This bill has been lob
bied against perhaps as much as any
bill that has come before the Legisla-
ture. Wcshase seen a public Official Oh
one of our largest institutions walking
back and forth in our corridors button
holing Legislators, because lie thought
that this bill Was a reflection upon MN
Such is not the case. 1t was
not intended for. that. 1t is simply to
bring intoslhei transaction of the al
fairs ADMINISTRATIONS god. ordinary
business, cdmsasm sense--Justf that and
gaora-a;sli! tts ~
This. prtaitsition, this bill this legis-
latjon. 5uis ssQe7s recommended by three
different audiierSa1t was recommend-
cd hvaAr.f Hatell,1it was recommended
by Mp& Stevens. Ht is reeompepded.to-
day, bysaAuditor Callahan. It, WAS reer
commended two years ago by d commit
tee Of this sd4eEjslature which ipNests-
gated 1ha affairs of this institution
where llflxaGphtroyersy has arisen anu
that committee unanimously recon- |
mended just thiS legislation
The senator feels that there may be
possibility that bills may be paid un- |
der this method of transacting busi-
ness whis1S are not properly audited. |
Indeed. the bill is aimed to check just |
such results, 10 prevent any bill being |
paid in the ordinary transaction OF
business until that bill has gone
through the proper channels. At the
prese mt time these large bills. which he
speaks Of, go To that institution across
the river to which he appears to think
this legislation applies; the goods go
in there. the bill is paid, and that biil
may lay there In that institution Tor
xix months before the auditor sees IL
That. | aiH told is an actual fact
Those bills accumulate there for two,
four. fises and eten six months be-
fore the auditor sees them. Now sure