Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-12
COWS MESSAGE.
Review of the Condition of State
Institutions.
Appropriations Should be Linz
tied 10 the Actual Necessi.
ties Of the State.
Various Suggestions and Rscommen-
dations Presented for Lesisla-
tive Consideration.
BIENNIAL MESSAGE.

sentdtiUcS;
You assemble under favorable circumstances.
The chief questions that you will be called up
on TO consider have already been been widely
discussed by the people, and their opinions and
desires are very well known. 1t is expected by
your constituents that you will address your
selves to the work in hand IN n business-likc
way; that YOU will dispose Of il wisely and
promptly; that you will have great care for the
reputation and honor Of the State; that you
will maintain the dignity and majesty of the
law by providing certain and quick punish
mcnt for those who willfully and persistcntly
violate it: that you will see to II that aggrcgat-
cd capital. corporate or otherwise, does not take
to itself larger share of the general income
than is fairly its due; that you will make sure
that all your legislation Is in the interest of
Justice, and well adapted to promote peace and
prosperity among the people. You have II In
your power to give the Twenty Second General
Assembly very honorable place in the history
of the State. | congratulate you on your OPP
and congratulate the people that
their interests are committed to men so well
qualified To guard and promote them.
The constitution makes it the duty of the
Governor to communicate by message TO the
General Assembly, at every regular session,
the condition of the State, and recommend
such matters rs he shall deem cXpedient." This
| now proceed to do
FINANCES.
The report of the State Treasurer exhibits
the financial condition Of the State, the re-
sources and expenditures for the biennial per
iod closing June 30, 1887, showing in detail the
sources from which the revenue was derived,
the disbursements and other matters of inter
est.
RESOURCES.
Balance from last report ..........S Az l5l.9
From counties. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 49, 1927
From insurance cOmpanics....... l4O,335.2i
From railroad commissioners tax. IOB2.6i
Fees from State officers. 81, 81
From telegraph and telephone cos -, 559.S1
From miscellaneous sources. ...... 2l,OSO.M
Transfers from temp. school fund. 3S,O13,at
lOlul, lO'Di
PAYMENTS.
State Auditors warrants redeemeds3, 23I ,15l. 80
Interest on the same. lOI, 565. %
s3,33S, 1862
Cash in treasury June 30, ISL. 20,393.a;
Total. ......:...:... ..":.:..: 50, 359, 1902
Warrants outstanding July |, 1855 165, 524 81
Warrants outstanding July |, 1887 455,9S1.3t
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR
THE CURRENT BIENNIAL PERIOD.
The Auditor Of State estimates the receipts
for the fiscal term commencing July ], 1881,
and ending June 30, 1889, from State tax, based
on two and onc-half mills levy in 1887, and two
mills in 1885, and from other sources, at -, 9f!,
5S3. His estimated expenditures for the same
period, exclusive of. extraordinary apprOpria
lions, are 81, ia, 2S0.00 Leaving for the pay
mcnt of outstanding warrants and eXtraOrdin.
ary appropriations, $SlS, 10000. The warrants
outstanding July |, 1887, amounted to S455,.
9S1.30, to which must be added about so
90 for interest, making total OF S4S5, 9S1 .3
which, taken from the sum previously named,
leaves S}32 10 that the General Assembly
may safely draw upon for extraordinary appro-
priatiOns There is usually at the end of each
biennial period Il number of uncXpcndcd bal
anccS of special appropriations undrawn from
the treasury. The aggregate of these July |,
1885, was 1868, las; July |, 1887, il was SlH,-
l049l. A similar condition will probably exist
at the close of the current period, and the I'M
expended balances, therefore, are not included
in the above estimates. As already stated, tn"
estimated revenue from the State Tax Is based
upon two and onc-half mills in 1887, and two
mills in 1855. The total assessment for tava-
ton is 1895, no. 4l.00. An additional half mill
for 1SSS would Increase the revenue about 500,
900 90, and make the sum for special apprO-
priatiOns about $751;, 000.O0, or something less
than the amount of those of the same charac-
ter made by the TwentyFirst General Assem-
bly, In view of the facts that property Is as
sessed at scarcely Onc-third of its actual value,
that two and one half mills have been levied
continuously for six years, and that the money
is required to keep in proper repair the various
State institutions and to provide for their grow
ing necessities | recommend that the levy be
continued at two and One-half mills.
The crops have been less abundant than US
uaI. on account of the severity of the drouth
during the last season, and every ctfor, should
be made that is possible to keep expenses with
in proper bounds. While the State tax has
been one of the least burdcnsOmc, yet IL is in
cumbent upon all, under present circumstances,
to make no expenditure that is not really nee
cssary, and earnestly urge that no other eN
peuditurc be authorized or Countcnanced.
STATE INSTITUTIONS.
/ herewith transmit to the General Assem-
bly, the bicnnial reports of the trustees, super
intcndcrts and other officers of the various
State Institutions. | ask Tor these reports that
careful consideration which their importance,
deserves. They contain the record Of duties
well and faithfully performed, and exhibit Il
condition of affairs alike crcditablc TO those