Show legislative EXPENSES IT will be remembered that during the last session of the legislative assembly considerable discussion was had over the question of legislative ex expenses bome borne members tak faking the position that all the printing and other incidental expenses could be paid by the secretary out of the amount appropriated by con cress and that the theA asser asset baet bly had no right to appropriate anything for such expenses the explained the restrictions placed upon the Secre secretary and argued that the contingent expenses of he Legis legislature kiture for buch euch things as were not ed for by congress such as extra clerk hire printing of the minutes etc etc should he be paid out of the tho territorial treasury the fol lowing letter jetter from the comptroller bears directly upon this matter TREASURY department DEPAu ENT finst first comptrollers office washington D C april 3 1882 hon A L thomas territory territorial Terri tor fal secretary salt jake lake city ufah utah ut h sir bir in reply to your everal several questions I 1 havo to bay say that the pub ordinate officers of each branch of the le legislature vi slature appropriated for are one chief clerk one enrolling and engrossing clerk one at arms and doorfee doorkeeper pew per one mes enger engry one watchman one eba ehn chaplain plain six hix in all nil of th ampro griat on only 2500 can be used for print printing lug in any oue year and the appropriations for oue year can ean cannot not bu ba used burany fur any oiher other year it if in au itemized estimate more tuan 2600 had been bren aked asked a ked for and the total amount a aked hed for had been ap j then perhaps the tue amount asked f r printing 4 be used tor that purpose only the bills laws and journals of the legislature and the necessary blanks for the office of the secretary can be pail for out of the appropriation the seer beer tary cannot pay i lor or daily slips of the minu minutes t eleven even by calling such the journ journae tl 11 pocket knives cau not bot be lurnis furnished hed to the bemb ers era from the lation the secretary is hed hod responsible for the expenditure of thu legislative expense appropriation respectfully VM wm lavres lavren ila ita m comptroller |