The Nevada journal., 1853-01-14

which il is now proposed to fx them.
1t il well understood that these salaries
and pay, practically, have been and are,
to the extent Of at least thirty-fhree per
cent, nominal, SO far as tho recipients
Of them are concerned while, on the
other hand, the effect is to burden the
State with extrayagant expenditures vs.
The State must ultimately pay at the
rate of SIG or sl2 per diem, while the
member receives in fact but IS or $40.
The reason Of this is obvious. So long
as we continue to exceed in eur annual
expenses our annual revenue, the credit
OF the State must continue to be impair
ed, and its bonds, warrants, or other OBJ
| legations depreeiated and while the
pay Of members or salaries Of officers are
received in such deprecated evidences,
proporticnats neminal increase Of both
is in justice required. feelitmy duty
therefore, to earnestly present this inn
portant subject for your attentive con-
sideration
The expenses Of the Legislature, as
we'll as the Executive Department of
the Staae Government, considered with
reference TO their Ultimate payment,
and in cash, instead Of fictitious amounts,
have been undeniably exorbitant. The
mileage and per diem Of members, alone,
have annually averaged over s220, 600
since our organization as State Gov
ernment. This amount il exclusive Of
Legislative printing printing Of the
laws and journals, and the contingent
expenses Of the tive houses, which a..
mount in the aggregate for the same pc
ricd to 1866 1896, an average of over
S12l, 900 annually. These exorbitant
expenditures may and ought to be great
ly reduced. So also with the Executive
Department.. The salary paid officers Of
State, if fixed upon o cash basis, are nm
necessarily large, and with proper dis
ordinations may be reduced without
practically diminishing the amount new
received by them.
The expenses incurred in the support
and maintenance Of our State Hospitals,
too, are excessive and unwarranted by
our present financial condition, Much
as We may regret the necessity, still it
is certain, that as one of the means to
restore the credit of the State and pre-
serve it, the very large annual expend-
itures consequent upon the support Of
this system must needs be avoided. Ii
appears from the Comptroller's Report
that appropriations for eur hospitals for
the present fiscal year exceed the sum
of 23S,00O So great an outlay we are
in no condition to sustain, even were the
necessity for it greater than at present 10
believed to exist. can dc no less, there
fore, than earnestly recommend that
some measure be adopted, which, while
il provides for the care of the INDECENT
sick in such manner az the means and
resources of the State justify, shall re-
lieve the Treasury Of the burdens Of the
existing hospital system
By adopting the suggestions which
have been thus impsrfectly submitted,
it is estimated that an annual saving
may be effected to the State Of $5l2-.
700 90, which consists Of the following
items:
Surveyor General, $1,000 90
Sup. Of Public instruction, 4,5O0 90
Sup. Of Pubic Buildings, 1900 90
Prison Inspectors, 6,000 90
Biennial Sessions, 17l,000 90
Reduction of pay and mi-
leage-pay to So per diem,
mileage one. hall, ITO 600 90
Limiting Sessions to 90 days, 1920 90
Reducing transportation Of
Prisoners from one dsllar to
fifty cents per mile, which
is Recommended, 5000 90 1
State Hospitals, 100000 90
to 81 700, 5000
OF Supreme Crt Judges to $1,000 1000
Judges from Ii to 5, 5, about, 10000
Salary Of District Attorney of
San Francisco, 5000
[The message next states that the
enormous sum Of sl57,033 SO has been
paid as interest on our three per cent.
bonds.
The resistance at San Francisco to
the tax on consigned goods is referred to
the Legislature.
1t is recommended chat the law be so
amended as to authorize receiving state
warrants for dues.
1t complains Of the frauds against the
state in the disposal of the water lots nt
San Francisco, and recommends the ap-
poiHtment Of committee to ascertain
whether the limits Of the city cannot
be extended without injury to commerce.
and If 80 it is recommended to divide
the addition 10 suitable lots to be leased
for the benefit Of the state.
The refusal Of the steamship compan-
les 70 nay taxes in this state on the
ground that the same property i taxed
in the other states, is referred to. Two
suits had been decided in favor Of she /.
State, others were pending.
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