The Nevada journal., 1853-01-14

which it is now proposed to fix them
1t is we'll understood that these salaries
and pay, practically, have been and are,
to the extent Of at least thirty-three per
cent, nominal, SO far as the recipients
of them are concerned while, on the
! other hand, the effect is to burden the
State with extravagant expenditures -
The State must ultimately pay at the
rate of SIC or Sl2 per diem, while the
member receives in fact but So 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,
a proportionats nsminal increase of both
is in justice required. ! feel it my duty
therefore, to earnestly present this inn
portant subject for your attentive con-
sderation
The expenses Of the Legislature, as
well 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 s220000
since our organization as State Gov
ernment This amount is exclusive Of
Legislative printing-the 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 s365, ,555 ,06, 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 q cash basis, are I'M
necessarily large, and with proper dis
ordinations may be reduced without
, practically diminishing the amount now
received by them.
The expenses incurred in the support
and maintenance of cur State Hospitals,
too, are excessive and unwarrantsd by
our present financial condition. Much
as we may regret the necessity, still it
is certain, that MS 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. IL
appears from the Comptroller's Report
that appropriations for our hospitals for
the present fiscal year exceed the SUM
of S23S.O0O So great an outlay we are
in no condition to sustain, even were the
necessity for it greater than at present is
believed to exist can do no less there
fore, than earnestly recommend that
some measure be adopted, which, while
ii provides for the care of the INDECENT
sick in such manner as 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 imperfectly 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, 4,500 90
Sup. of Pubic Buildings, 1000 90
Prison Inspectors, 6,000 90
Biennial Sessions, l7l,000 90
heuuctlon oI pay ana NIL
leage-pay to So per diem,
mileage one half, ITO 900 90
Limiting Sessions to 90 days, As 200 90
Reducing transportation Of
Prisoners from one dellar to
fifty cents per mile, which
is recommended, 5000 90
State Hospitals, 100000 90
Reducing salary of Governor
to $1,000, 1000
OF Supreme Crt Judges to $1,000 5000
Reducing number of District
Judges from IL to s, about, 10000
Salary of District Attorney of
San Francisco, 5000
1.-THE message next states that the
enormous sum of Sl57, ,933 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 that the law be so
amended as to authorize receiving state
war; ants for dues.
1t complains of the frauds against the
state in the disposal of the water lots at
San Francisco, and recommends the ap-
poiAtment of committee to ascertain
whether the limits of the city cannot
be extended without injury to commerce.
and if SO it is recommended to divide
the addition in suitable lots to be leased
for the benefit Of the state.
The refusal of the steamship compan-
les to pay taxes in this state on the
ground that the same property is taxed
in the other states, is referred TO- Two
suits had been decided in favor of the
State, others were pending