Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-11
GOVERNOR RAPS
STATE OFFICIALS
IN VETO MESSAGE
Declares Treasurer ad Auditor
Neglect Their Duties in Or
der to Look After Private
Business Affairs,

Santa Fe March lO.-ln his mes
soec vetoing house bill 35S, providing
Am appropriation for the payment of
the salary Of the clerk of the supreme
coiirt and the salaries Of various cleri-
cal help for state officials which was
transmitted TO the house today Gov
ernor Mcdonald took shot at both
Auditor Sargent and Treasurer Mar
ron. declaring that both have their
business and various cmployments
that apparently are necessary for
themselves to the neglect of their Of
fetal duties.
The message in fun is as follows:
The salary Of the clerk of the SUI
meme court is fixed in this bill at
s3. G0d per annum, This is $500 more
than any Of the state officers except
the supreme court judges, attorney
general and governor now receive.
The clerk has stated to me that he
would be satisfied with $4,000 per
annum.
"The appropriation for expenses
and for refurnishing and re-arranging
the vault in the clerks office, should,
in my opinion, be made for the use
of the supreme court instead of the
clerk if it is found that they are nee
essary for the proper arrangements
ana maintenance of the office.
The work now done in the office
Of the superintendent of insurance
ought to be done by the corporation
commission. This was the clear in
tenton of the constitution but it seems
that there is something that must be
done by the superintendent and since
the legislature has three times failed
to abolish that office | am not going
to further object to the payment Of
the salary Of the superintendent of
insurance. / do object, however to
the payment of anything for clerk
hire in his office There is not very
much work to be done in the superin-
tendents office and ! am clearly of
the opinion that no clerk is necessary
to the proper performing Of all the
duties of that office as now required
by our constitution and laws.
II further object to the payment of
1000 for expenses of that office, as
there is a lump sum provided for the
The expenses of that office have
been very light during the past two
years and require no such appropria
lion for the payment of them.
asked the superintendent for a state
ment of his expenses and all | OBJ
tanned was that they were $500 a year
without any items or details.
The salary Of the chief clerk in
the auditors office is fixed at $l,SOO,
while the chief clerk in the treasurer's
office and several other offices gets
only $500. / have no objection to
paying $500 for such a chief clerk
but l do believe that other clerks
performing similar services and work
ing lust as hard should have the same
salary. Either all should be raised to
$1,000 per annum or the chief clerk
in the auditors office should be re-
dueed to $1,000. The salary for
voucher clerk in the auditors office is
Objectionable for the reason that no
such clerk is necessary in that office.
The auditor spends very little time at
the capitol. If he were to attend TO
ris duties as such auditor in the
proper manner no NOuN'iei
would be necessary, l. an 9uie
what | nave s'iu o. 'l'V 'ouoiie
clerk IN the AUDITOR ollNe - "pPl'O
aoie TO the aduluohal cielN' - oFiu0'
Iof IN the slate LeaSuio' ~
Nelhef the state auul'oi ro' '''e
treasurer deNoles Inuon 'iii'e -
performance OF ms uu'iPS iol 'l'
state Bolh nave thell business
various empIoymehts that upP''ent'S
are necessary Tor themselves 10 III,
neglect OF thelr ollIcla' uu'i'e,
any rate seem TO De Iespo''s'oie ~
tnal necessity as they Sc y ~ '>'' :
clerk hire in their Offices
The auditor is the mayor o. t'e
N'S ol SANTA re anu '"' -,
private business OF ms O"H
seems to consume most Oh MS UNI
He has not spent, in my OPINION rom