- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Copy of] communication, 1823 Nov. 15, Milledgeville, Georgia [to the State] House [of] Repres[entatives] / George M. Troup
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor (1823-1827 : Troup)
- Date of Original:
- 1823-11-15
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Treaties
Creek Indians--Treaties
Indian agents - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a handwritten copy of a communication from George M. Troup, Governor of Georgia (1823-1827), to the House of Representatives of the state of Georgia informing them that no provision was made for the compensation of commissioners appointed to attend recent treaties with the Creek and Cherokee Indians. Troup indicates that such an oversight leaves room for Executive indiscretion regarding compensation for said services and the Legislature should always establish a pay rate for any persons appointed for state duty. Another copy prepared for the state Senate appears in tcc487.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc488
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc488
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc488#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc488/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 48, folder 10, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Executive Department Georgia Milledgeville
15th November 1823}
The resolution of the Legislature of the
22nd. Decr. [December] 1821 authorizing the appointment of commissioners to Treat in connection with the United States Commissioners with the Creek & Cherokee Indians. proscribes no compensation for their services. This is wrong. In the expenditure of public money it is recommended that you confide as little as possible to the mere discretion of the Executive -- it will save trouble to both Branches of the Government if the Legislature in all cases authorizing services will affix to those services a definite compensation. In the particular case which I submit for your consideration it may be truly said there is neither law nor precedent pointing to a standard by which the Legislative will may be conjectured or the Executive discretion limited. It is proper further to state that claims have been preferred by persons connected with this and other Commissions as Secretaries where neither office was [deleted text: was ] authorized nor compensation assigned. It is indispensable therefore that the Legislature if it recognize the claims & services of the secretaries to the commissioners as I think
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they ought should make provision for the compensation of them-
[Signed] G [George] M Troup
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[ Note: A miscellaneous mathematical calculation appears on the left. ] Communication
Refrd Com. Fin [Referred Committee Finance]
House Repres [Representatives]