Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-04
Examiners Demand All Officers
Refer Proposed Salary In
creases for Their Approval
in Future.
WILL REGULATE EXPENSE
Policy of Keeping Close Check
on Money Paid Out by All
Departments to Be Adhered
To.

state elective and appointive Off
GERS hereafter may increase salaries
of their help only after they have SUP
mitted the proposed increases to the
state board of examiners and nave OBJ
tained the boards approval.
The board of examiners Friday aft
ernoon passed a resolution notifying
all officials that hereafter this must
b.. the procedure in granting increases
of salary. This stand was taken FOL
lowing the discovery by the board that
salaries of three employees in the state
treasurers office had been increased
by the state treasurer to amounts
which the board declared In Its reso-
luton We're "out Of proportion TO ana
greater than those paid other state
employees for similar services and sim
liar responsibility"
TREASURER PROTESTS.
State Treasurer John w. Eagieson,
protested to the board against placing
the salaries back on the old level. 1t
was pointed out that since the creation
| of the new department OF finance,
many Of the duties of his eserical force
have been taken over by the new de-
partment and that therefore there Is
no necessity of the Increased pay
RESOLUTION PASSED.
The resolution setting out the whole
matter officially was as follows:
| whereas on the payroll Of the state
treasurer's department as submitted by
4 the state treasurer, John w. Eagle :
son. and submitted to the board OF
examiners, there appears among Sth-
erts, the following employs with the
following amount of rate OF pay Tor
September: Martha Knight, bookkeep-
er, $3.50 per month; Ruth Mackay,
stenographer, $500 per month; Char
lotte Drummond, file clerk. $145 per
month.
| And whereas It appears to the
board of examiners that compared
with the pay of other similar help en-
ployed in the departments of state
that said salaries as shown by the said
raise are out of proportion to and
greater than those paid other state
employees for similar services and sim
liar responsibility and that there has
to the work of said employees or fur
Their reasons that the said raise IN
salary should not be allowed.
Now, therefore, be 1t resolved thai
the proposed raise in salaries OF sale
employees be not allowed and that al
claims. for salaries be allowed at the
rate of pay they have heretofore beer
receiving: Martha knight, bookkeep
er. $3.50 per month; Ruth Mackay
stenographer, $40 per month: Char
lotte Drummond, filing clerk, $1S5 PEI
me nth. -
CLAIMS AMENDED.
And that the claims presented b.
amended to this extent and allowed al
am ended.
"Moved seconded and unanimousl.
. carried that the foregoing resolution
be adopted.
BE it further resolved, that tn
state auditor notify each elective stat
official and appointive state commits
J sioner. that hereafter they shall no
raise the salary of any employe o
: appointee from that formerly or nov
paid for any position without frs
having secured the consent of tn
board of examiners after having ap
piled therefor in writing.
ri "Moyed. seconded and carried tina
. the foregoing resolution be adopted.