Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-08
SENATE RESTORES
SALARIES OF MANY
Finance Committee Puts Back What
Was Cut Out by the Eco
nomio House.
sUpr. THOMAS AIDS SUFFER-
lrrnm a staff corro.pondentl

Win the economy plan as put lOFhH ny
the house and as a result slashes made
By the lower body are eliminated by the
finance committee of the senate. which
proceeded to concur in the report. This
will mean a conference committee unless
Nho house recedes from its former action.
The maintenance appropriation bill for
the state offices will probably not be re-
ported out until Thursday morning. Tho
real scrap of the session will probably
be waged on this measure. with the Ma
tional Guard and normal training -in-high-
schools appropriations furnishing the
storm centers. 1t Is rumored that the up
per house. in diametric opposition to the
lower. will raise the former and cut the
latter.
All Cuts Replaced.
The senate attachments to the salary
bill are very numerous Every cut made
by the house is put back to the former
figure. In State Superintendent Thomas
office. however. the senate turns around
right about face and slashes two salaries
on its own accord. The salary of the as
sistant, Miss Edith Lathrop. lie sliced
from $500 to 1900 and the salary of the
deputy, Miss Alice Stanley, is cut in ex-
actly tho same measure.
The senate puts the railway commits
sion and its blue sky department. the lat
ter wholly neglected by the house. back
on the old basis. The salary OF Secretary
Allen OF the commission is raised from
5000 to the old sum of $500. The sal
aries Of the three stenographers of the
commission, cut $40 a month each by the
house. are restored. The salary of Chief
Engineer Forbes is restored from $500 to
5000.
Blue sky ON old BASIS.
The commissions blue sity department
is put back on its old basis with an as
sistant engineer at $500. two clerks at
$40 each. one clerk at $500. and one short
hand reporter at s. day Assistant Ac-
countant Gregory in this department is
omitted entirely by the senate in restor-
ing the department This is thought to
have been an error of omission and not
commission. however. as Gregory is
regarded as one of the most efficient of
did the lower house omit the blue-sky
department entirely. but 1t also cut the
maintenance appropriation of the CONF
mission $4,000. The commission had told
the lower house that It would take care
of its blue sky department out Of it's
general appropriation IL II would allow
that to stand.
The house cut out entirely the salary
of Karl Schmidt, chief clerk in the land
commissioners office. The senate re-
stores il. The salary of the land conn
Inissioner.s bookkeeper Mi Beckrnan. IL
put back to its old figure Of $500
Royae Comes Into own.
Secretary Royse OF the State BANKING
board comes into his own again. the sen.
ate giving him back the one clerk and
the one bank examiner that the house
took away. fa 2
The Live Stock Sanitary board, with
which has been consolidated the stall
lion registration board. also comes back
strong under senate guidance. The house
provided for two stallion inspecors< at
$3.50 each, The senate strikes out any
reference to number and makes the item
Of inspectors" $500. 1t adds one rec
ord clerk at $780, one assistant record
clerk at ss40 one stenographer and clerk
at $40.
The hotel commission, omitted entirely
by the house on the supposition that this
office was to be merged with Food Com
missioner Hartman. is added TO the bill.
with the old salaries for the commits
sioner, his deputy and his stenographer
POOL Has Been Busy.
The bookkeeper. the corporation clerk
and the recorder In Secretary Of State
Pools office are put back to their old
salaries OF $3.50 each for the first two
and 81, 200 for the last named
In Auditor Smiths office the book
keeper is restored to his old salary of
$3.50, but the stenographer and clerk
Is cut from $1,000 to ss40..
The second assistant to the attorney
general, who Is George w. Ayres,/ goes
up in salary from $500. as allowed by
the house. to 5000 Former Attorney
General Martin had no regular second
assistant. but employed special counsel.
Mr.. Ayres, IL the amendment stands, will
receive a salary equal to those received
by the others in the office. The salary
OF Miss Josephine Murphy. legal stenog-
rapher and bookkeeper in the attorney
generals office. goes up to $3.50.
The Board of Health gets back one
clerk taken away from It by the house
and an assistant hacteriologist, the lat
ter at salary of $1,000.
IfIAtoricaI society.
The State Historical society gets back
a clerk at $780, The Game and Fish COM
mission gets four deputies at salaries of
500 each These were wholly unprovided
for By the house.
The Insurance commissioners actuary
is TO receive SO day for actual work.
instead OF salary of $500. as provided
for by the house. The assistant book
keeper in the state treasurer's office ID
raised $50 a year. and the stenographer
Miss Holland. from $50 to $1,000.
The salary of the assistant secretary
OF the Board OF Irrigation Is put back
to 800 year.
President of Bank sued.
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