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Show NO BLAME ATTACHED Senate 'Committee Reports Re-ports on Affairs of the Fair Commission. The Senate commlMje appointed to Investigate the affairs of the Utah-Louisiana Utah-Louisiana Purchase commission reported re-ported Thursday afternoon. The report re-port stows that the receipts of the commission com-mission were as follows: Appropriated by the Legislature.. $60,000.00 From sale of articles 1.188.00 Notes by prominent citizens 8,000.00 Notes of commission 649.89 Advanced by Supervisor Cura- mlngs i... S15.63 Total .$60,583.32 The expenditures were $58,373. leaving a balance on hand of $2 '1.12. The committee says that vouchers for all moneys expended are on file at the office of the commission and have been examined and found to be correct and legitimate. Exhibits and the like valued val-ued at $20,000 are still in possession of the commission awaiting delivery to the Portland Exposition company. The report says the commission well and fully met the purposes for which li wus created and that Its members exercised ex-ercised due discretion and goo-1 Judgment Judg-ment and ability In the sale nnd disposal dis-posal of the property. Thi money borrowed bor-rowed was necessary to uphold the good name of the State. Not one dollar, the report says, was stolen, lost or squandered, and It was expended In a manner that attracted much attention to Utah and her possibilities. possi-bilities. Disclaiming Intention to cast reflection reflec-tion upon the members of the commission commis-sion the committee declares its emphatic em-phatic disapproval of the tendency to create deficits in matters of this kind. The report was adopted without debate. |