Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-20 | Page 19 | Governor Orders Glenn to Pay Telephone Bills

Governor Order Glenn ; to Pay Telephone BilU Regarding the mattar of the holding; hold-ing; up- of bills of the telephone conrpany by tho department of finance fi-nance and purchaae after they had been approved by tha state hoard of examiners, who alone can approve claims against the state,-that de partment waa given a peremptory order lata Wednesday afterno'm to forward the approved claims to th state auditor so that he might Iraue warrant for their payment, the or der coming from the governor. John H. Olenn, director of finance fi-nance and purchase, had decided that tho claims referred to could not bo charged to eapltol maintenance mainten-ance and requested an opinion of tho attorney general thereon. The latter replied that .there was no question hut that the claims must be chanred to the rapltol maintenance. mainten-ance. The finance department, still holding; up ths claims, tho peremp- I tory order of tho governor followed I and the bills were transmuted to ths auditor of state.