The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-20
FUND TOPAY COURT
EXPENSES ABOUT
EXHAUSTED
Auditor Says Department Of
Justice Needs Money
APPLIES TO THE GOVERNOR
Executive Will Help Adjust the Of
fieul,y but BsIks at Certain
Expenses


Burlington. May i9.-Gov. Allen NJ.
Fletcher after considering a letter
from State Auditor Horace r. Graham
IN which the latter calls attention TO
the fac. that the appropriation for
the department OF justice is practical
~ exhausted and asks for the authori
zation of a special fund as provided
by statute, decided today that he is
unwilling to authorize the appropr.@-
ton as requested but he viii author
ize the payment Of salaries already
accrued for the judges OF the SUI
preme court, Superior judges. judges
OF Municipal courts. justices OF the
peace. sheriffs. states attorneys,
Judges of Probate. the attorney gen
eral and the FIVE state-paid grand jur-
ors. all OF whom are paid quarterly
and whose salaries are due June l.
He will further authorize the pay
ment of bills Of costs In Municipal
courts. Justice Courts and bills for
the board of Jail prisoners from the
emergency fund. lie viii not allow
the use OF this fund for the Supreme
court for the balance OF the year or
for detective services or for the
County courts.
The correspondence between the
governor and state auditor follows
Montpelier. May Is. 1914.
ITO Hon. Allen NJ. Fletcher, Proc
torsville:
"Dea- Governor:
Il call your attention to the fact
that there was available at the close
of business on May Is for the sup
port OF the administration of justice
22.S9s.02
THE balance will not be sufficient
to carry the department to the close
of the fiscal year, July l, next, as
the salaries and expense accounts of
the Justices of the Supreme court.
Superior judges. judges of Probate,
states attorneys. sheriffs, Municipal
Judges and other officers will become
due June 1 and also the expenses of
the June terms of court. There is
ample money in the treasury for
these purposes but it has not been
appropriated.
THE appropriation for this depart
ment was made by Section 10 of No.
80 of the Acts of 1912 and was $780,
600. Section IA of the same act pro-
vides that il any one OF the appropri-
atoms should be inadequate or insult
iicient that the auditor of accounts.
with the approval Of the governor
may use a sum not to exceed $780,
900 for the purpose of maintaining
| the institutions of departments for
| the support of which the appropria-
! ton is not sufficient. VIII you kind
" say whether you will authorize the
| expenditure of any or the appropria-
ton mentioned in Section IA for the
| support of the administration of jus
tice to July /, next and if so. how
much.
| 81 call this to your attention now
as | am of the opinion that shall
| have no authority to pay bills for this
department that accrue before July l
out of the appropriation that be-
comes available July l unless 1t be
the expense of the June terms which
by Section 81, p. s., are to be car
ried into the succeeding year.
Yours respectfully,
Horace f. Graham.
Auditor of Accounts"
| "Proctorsville. May 10, 1914.
Hon. Horace F. Graham,
Auditor of Accounts, Montpelier.
Dear Sir
81 have your letter of May Is. stat
ing that the appropriation for the adj
ministration of justice for the pres
J ent fiscal year is substantially ex-
| pended and asking me, as governor,
to approve the use of the contingent
appropriation. made by Section IA, of
No. so, of the Acts of 1912.
Il have carefully considered the
matter and am unwilling to grant
your request, yet | feel that the sal
aries and expense accounts for the
| present quarter, uuS june H. VI thS
| incumbents of the judicial offices,
who are in the main constitutional of
hcers, ought to be paid and | also
| feel that Notwithstanding that our
present judicial system is costing a
large sum of money and ought to be
simplified and made less expensive
yet the cost of maintaining the 5esls
and paying the bills of cost of the
minor courts ought to be met that
there may be no lack of enforce