Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-11

general control thereof, and bosrd OF
regents with full power to regulate end
control our educational institutions. are
suggestions worthy OF your consider
| alton.
! The cost to the territory during the
| past two years for the different boards
has amounted in the aggregate 20 $780,.
| III ", certainly an exhorbitant amount,
considering the nature of the duties per-
| formed, III the above suggestion is not
| followed the number OF meetings of
| boards for which they receive compensa.
tlon should be limited and the amount
of compensation therefor fixed, and no
other compensation should be allowed.
save for such services as may be per-
formed by the order or consent OF the
governor ard allowed by the auditor.
Large bills tor the expense of travelling
and services rendered without the terri
tory are frequently presented.
The cost of drawing the insane to and
from ssylums, and prisoners to peniten-
siaries, should be o charge upon che
respective counties, ard the expense
appertainIng to requisltions should like.
wise be chargeable to the counties.
Excessive bills are constantly being pre-
sented in matters of this kind. We're
! these matters referred to the counties
the county commissioners would exar-
else care snd scrutiny in allowing bills
| or claims that would result in large
saving and in no way interfere with the
pubic service. The expense of carrying
| the lpsane for the last two years was
S29OS4 33; transportation OF conviots.
81 536 9s; reqnIsitions, So ia 81; total,
| VA .335.92. This amount, together with
the COST to the territory for various
boards OF trustees $3.50. .777 32). amounts
to $74 ll3 "a.
The auditor is powerless In many in
| stances to prevent oyerchargee, having
no power to examine into the business
| thereof. The power OF the auditor
| should be enlarged. so that he may ex-
| anime into and allow or disalow, in
| whole or in part, claims against the ter
ritory.
There should be some restriction re-
garding class OF insane that come
within our borders. There can be no
good reason advanced why those en-
| titled to admission to our insane asylums
should not have resided in the territory
| for certain period OF time.
| In case the trustee system for our
public institutions is not abolished the
law requiring majority OF any number
of trustees for our public institutions to
be appointed from the county where the
institution is located should be SO
amended as to abroghte such require
menk. The result of the law as il now
stands iocalizes many OF our institntio
and deprives them OF their territorial
character OF management. The terri
tory, IN effect, has q minority represen-
tation Oh these boards. Our institutions
are not only localized. but controlled.
by local Influences, and TOO often TO the
detriment of good financial manage
mept.
The governor fayors the following
llsws:
| /. Enabling the territorial auditor
to cover back into the treasury all ap-
propriations not expended at certain
fixed time.
| 2. Empowering sle governor to re-
stcre citizenship to snch persons aa may
have lost the same.
3, Prohibiting county commissioners
from drawing warrants on the treasury
in excess OF funds therein.
4. Onrtailing the privileges OF bogus
corporations in issuing val1eless stocks.
| 5. Providing for better organization
and control Of insurance companies.
/ 6. Enlaraing the powers of the rail-
road commission no that u shall have
power to recommend and compel roads to
connect their tracks with other roads at
terminal or functional points to locate
sidetracks; to require running ccnneo-
tions to be made with other roads, and
to exercise such other powers as pru-
dence and the public welfare REQUIRE
over railroads, express companies snd
telegraph lines; and the gram and ware.
house law should be amended 80 aa to
confer upon the commission proper
degree cf authority in the regulation oil
warehouses and elevators. The commits.
sion should have power and the courts
he provided with speedy and specific
remedy to enforce re recommendations when
in their Judgment proper.
| 7. Providing an election machinery
that will prevent fraud at cauouses nnd
elections.
/ s. Providing for uniform system in
educational affairs.
8. Making county treasurers ineligi-
BILE TO reelection.
1 On the subject OF taxation the Cover
nor presents the following:
| A large amount of property invisible
IN character and shifting In nature nov
escapes taxation, and which is largely
if not entirely, IN the hands of those WHIT
are able to pey taxes. Some mean,
should be devised to reach and tax shi
class OF property. Legislation must bt
had not only to enforce taxation, but
against temptation to evade taxation
The inability to discover property ant
our defective system should be removed
as far BIS possible. Our taxes should b,
J deprived OF personal character and tn,
tax system be impartial in It's applica.
tion, e1acting the public revenues from
J all persons and classes IN proportion
to their ability to pay. All the following
! should be subject to o iudicious tag: In
: comes, lnherltancea, bequests, railroad
road and steamboat and transportation
companies, express, palace car anc
> sleeping car companies, banks (territo.
], rial and nationaD, loan and trust com
panies, insurance and indemnity com
I panies end their bonds and evidence O
Indebtedness, public elevators, ware
houses and storehouses for grain; insur
G epee agents and agents for all com
Q panies or corporations OF other states
: horse car, ferry, gas, electric light ant
. all franchises or licenses granted, an,
. oil corporations or qnasi corporation
' organized and doing business in the ter
rit5ry should pay tex on the actua
s value OF their capital stock, after de
! Quoting the assessed value OF their res
4 estate, and in addition tax measure,
]. by their dividends. A tax with prophet
: might be adjusted to some Of the inter
d esis above named on the prin,iple @
0 gross earnings. Personal property be
t longing to non-resideDtH should be list