Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-09
STATE DEPARTMENTS.
ExECUyIvE AND OTHER BUSINESS
DONE FOR A YEAR
The State 1reasury-school Lend saies-ln.
surance Matters, Etc.
The Executive Depa, tment.

The Executive Department..
The work of the executive department
may be briefly summarized, as follows:
The correspondence of this department
for the eleven months and a fraction has
been more than three times greater than
that of the preceding administration.
The correspondence for the two preced-
ing years filled little less than nine
letter press books. of 500 pages each.
That of the present administration, for
less than one-half the same period, fills
little more than thirteen books of 500
pages each, or more than three times the
correspondence of the previous admins
tration. There have been 5,47l letters
written since January IL. 1885, up to and
including December 3lst, which cover
6,245 pages of impression books. These
letters will average over half a page oftype
writer in length some running as high az
eleven pages to the letter. The average
number ofletters written each working
day, il fraction over nineteen. Of the
letters received by Governor Martin ,203
have been filed in the archives of the ex-
ecutive department. The most volumin-
GUS single topics, in letters and tele-
grams received and answered, were the
Missouri Pacific strike and the threaten
ed Indian invasion.
Governor Martin has appointed 2,CS2
notaries public, largely to new counties.
There were about 1000 at the beginning
of the. year. About LOCO commissions
expire annually.
The following additional appointments
have been made: Five members of the
State Board of Charities, four Regents of
the State Agricultural College, five Re-
gents of the State Normal School, five
Regents of the State University. one
State Inspector of Mines, one Warden of
the State Penitentiary, two Directors of
the State Penitentiary, three State-House
Commissioners, one State Fish Commits
sioner, two Live Stock Sanitary Com
missioners, one Adjutant General, one
Commissioner of Labor Statistics, five
District judges, three members of the
State Board of Pardons, three Industrial
Rsformatory Commissioners, ten mem.
beers of the State Board OF Health, five
members of the State Board Of Pharms.
cy, four members of the State Dental
Board, three Sheriffs, six Coroners, one
Probate Judge, four County Clerks, one
County Surveyor, twelve County Com
missioners, five Census Takers for new
counties, twenty-seven Commissioners of
Deeds, two hundred and sixteen Justices
ofthe Peace, seventy-eight Delegates or
Commissioners to various National Con-
ventions, making total of two thousand
four hundred and ninety-seven gentle
men holding commissions issued by Gov
ernor Martin.
Eight cities have been created cities
of the second class.
Four new counties have been created,
CLARK, Comsnche, Meade and Thomas.
Ten proclamations of reward for the
apprehension of criminals have been is
sued. One hundred and seven extradi-
ton papers have been honored, and
ninety -one acquisitions issued.
The governor has since the 18th of
January, 1885, signed eight hundred and
eighty-fve patents to state lands, upon
which the purchase money has been
paid in full, showing a thrifty financial |
condition of affairs throughout the state. |