The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30
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Having thus considered the brief financial history and condition
the the previous exhibits come to examine the prospect for the
The demands upon Treasury the and succeeding will be
greater consequence of the facts just stated You will observe that
unless rigid economy be the ordinary expenses the Govern
the the State rate OF taxation without
and that pressing question you have thought
what shall be the Railroad policy Of the rs State 1 what can be done w
mn prevent the dhonor Of cent
daon by Minnesota any obligation the State might
that and State Policy that n s0dd ms take
ys & ion S na @ s osby ars esr o e
To s avoid that contingency knife already long
withheld be applied without delay and almost without exception to
every expenditure public will be expected that
past provide want the future while esopomg the
present We institute of retrenchmen and
s s dssneumSee her floating debt her annual expenses kept
p shall BE- %a ner s yet ase Something for
those great public behalf the deaf and dumb the blind and the
which will be her enlightened policy the proper time to cab
The present Department per-
CURED State with all her institutions well established
unoueped with debt but taking consideration the nab
of the people to the requisite taxes at this te recommend that GER
alone annually $4,000 The Clerk of
the Court addition salary 81 oe receives fees amounting
be well discharged for the fees alone The Prosecuting Attorneys
According s s" policy % he people should
the disposal the public money and should make specific appropriations
large money The discretion officer of
therefore recommend specific
which orseen and that small be
allowed as contingent funds.
The disbursements the treasury account of printing have b for
ably the State in that particular
is however the item legislative that will find the
for retrenchmen Whatever question there might otherwise
be- the wisdom reducing the number senators and
Legislature certainly while economy of vital there
hardly difference of opinion It, The only questions
eauho Of the Legislature make reduction this
OF which little doubt the amount reduction which be adj
vsable. .3-''
The Constitution Sec p provides that the number of members
who shall compose the Senate and House of Representatives shall be
scribed by law and also art Sec 23 specifies the which
the Legislature shall have bounds Congressional
Senatorial and Representative districts and apporon the
the several districts according
section second OF this article change of either
tors representatives requires apporionment there
FORE the present number prescribed by law within the meaning tn
the Legislature cannot appoon until the next session
after the Federal census for 1860.
The present apporonme that made by the schedule the Con
implies that another appornmen be made
subsequent elections Such has been prescribed by law Tn
has not been exhausted and clearly the Legislature
e excise whenever they ft '-i
What then shall be the
tves? The ratio Of about
to render the two branches of tho legislature nearly the
aer The House should be- theoretically the popular
general custom provide for three members
House. the Senate In great
onmen the ratio of three
the adoption OF some other proportion Legislature
consisting OF fifteen Senators and
s Senators and forty Representatives would
be sa and not too large for the the
by the Constitution sessions Of sixty days. S