Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-07

year, and is constantly increasing The laws
regulating the State printing should be carefully
revised by your honorable bodies and so
amended that necessary restrictions and limit
can be enforced upon the several departments
IN regard to their demands upon the State
Printing Office, and plain definition given as
| 10 wnst Is or is not legitimate State printing"
TRAIN wREcKISG.
On this subject the Governor SAYS:
Ine frequency OF train wTecking during the
| last four or i've years must have cer.ainlv i'm
pressed your honorable bodies, as it has awak-
| ened realization in nv mind that the prpish.
ment iorthec mmission of so heinous an offenss
| Is entirely tnadequste. 1t would be useless for
me 70 elaborate upon the disastrous results
| TOO paipable and appalling To Contemplated: GER
tam II Is, however, human life must be pro.
4 tected and property made secure from attacks
OF tne kihd 10 which am now alluding snd
| see no other curse in order to reach such a
consummation than the adoption of the seyerest
measures, and IN my judgment, train wrecking
Whsre human life Is Involved shGuld be made a
| cepral oHense, punishable with death and
| Wnere human life was not involved the pIln-
| lshment should be imprisonment for lite with
no cnange IN the sentence in either event ex-
| cept Dy q unanimous vote of the Supreme Court
| SO there nigh not be repetition of the crime
IN the future By those detected at the present
| I respectfully request your honorable bodies
10 give these suggestions your most serious and
| intelligent consideration and evolve some
method whereby the transportation of life and
properly may be made safe and secure, SO lar
| as legislative action can CO."
| His Excellency calls attention To the refe ri;
Gus business carried on in the State under s,lf n
| methods and practices as those ORGANIZATIONS
KNOWN as endowment Associations" and rec
| ommends legislation that will put an end TO
them. -
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
The Governor holds that there is a great flaw
| IN the system of business at present used in the
state He says: "rhe Board of Examiners
whose duty it is TO pass upon the business and
legality OF every debt contracted by every Com.
mission, Board or officer of the State is com.
posed OF the Governor, the Secretary of State
aud Attorney-General.
THE duties required of these officers in theiI
own o1lces are tedious and srduous enough
without endeavor1ng to perform these addi
LloaaI ualles 10 which they can only give
few moments where hours shoU be con
sumed."
After reviewing the mu,dtudinous duties o
| these officers he saws;
Il strongly recommend and earnestly reoues
that your honorable bodies provide for the ere
alton of a Board Of Examiners which shall tax,
the place OF the present ex officio Board, whose
duties viii be the same, with some few addi
tions caused by the growth and demands of tn,
states business, and whose powers will not b,
SO circumscribed. This new Board should no
alone take The place of the Board of Examin
ers, but should also perform the duties of tn,
State Capitol Commissioners, and act as a Stat
Board of Charities. They should have tn
power and authority to lat least once ever,
| fiscal year, and as often as they deem necessary
| expert the books of the different institutions O
the State. They should have the power to com
pei any institution to change its form of book
keeping, to conform to general system tina
should be introduced throughout the diffaren
departments of the State Government The,
| should nave the power to inaugurate and com
pei the introduction of perfect and thorough
system OF business in all departments The,
| should exercise a supervision over all pubLI
buildings In the course of construction and ap
prove al contracts made by any department o
| institution of the State, and they should sinner
1 wise the management and ppntroi nf oil no,
asy!ums and homes for aged indigents"
SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS.
The Governor says that after careful consider
alton he has come to the conclusion that ther,
is not State officer that is paid a salary com
mensurate with the labor and duties he
called upon to perform, especially Justices O
the Supreme Court and Superior Judges.
THE CODE
| Several pages of the message are devoted b
| showing the necessity for a revision of tn
Codes, with the recommendation that a Depart
nent OF Government be erected to bienniaIl
report to the Legislature such changes and alter
atlons as are needed.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY
Is referred to as "the noblest institution in Oh
state" and considerable space is devoted to il
.. u ~ is recon recommended led that an additional clerk
pointed for the Governors office.
USELESS COMMISSIONS
His Excellency strongly recommends tn
prompt abolition of every useless Columissio
drawing drawn support from the State, and says
clearly of the opinion that the operations of th
State Board OF Trade, representing every count
IN the state tss that institution does, workin
ably ana wei TO advance the interests of Cal
lorn1a, with its adjunct and offspring Cal
fornia on Wheels and both the outcome of or
yate enterprise, have done more much more
tne advantage OF California, than all the e.
travagant. wasteful and useless Commission
sanctloned by legislative enactment"
THE STATE LIBRARY
An entire change in the conduct and manap
ment OF the State Library is recommended on
proposition advanced is that the appointmeI
OF Trustees should be vested in the GoyerpC
and the number reduced from five to thre
The money that goes to make up the reyenu
that supports the State Library should be pal
INTO the general fund, and all bills take the regl
lar course. The Governors second propositio
is that the whole management of the State |.
prary should be placed in the hands of the GO,
ernor' VINO shall have the appointment of th
brary Trustees should be abolished.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The work of the Board of State Harbor Con
mlssioners is warmly commended. The pul
pose OF the Board to erect magnificent pa,
senger depot at the foot of Market street
| warmly approved, and il is recommended ths
space should be set apart in it for the use {
the State Board of Trade. the horticultural di
play and the Mining Bureau
Attention is also given to the belt rsilroa
ana the men9eement Of the San Francisc
water front. The Improvements contemplate
viii necessitste the issuance of State bonds
the amount of 81 100000
Some amendments to the Constitution are ret
commended, to relieve the Supreme Court of az
cumuiated cases, in regard to municipal COY
ernments, and in regard to
RAILROAD TAXATION,
On which the Governor says: "The subject G
railroad taxation is one that should be def
nlteIy settled. The claim is made by the raj
road companies land very Justly sol that the
are subject to unjust discrimination under III
Stste Constitution, because they are not allowe
TO deduct the amount of their Indebtedness q
are other debtors; and, in my judgment, thei
rights under the Constitution are the same as in
dividuals. This question win remain a debel
able one for many years to come, unless sci
tied by some amendment to the Constitution
INSANE AsYLUMs AND PRISONS.
These institutions ara all fully considere,
! ! and at great length. The condition of each
pointed out, and various recommendation
made in regard to them.
The purchase Of Suffers Fort is announoa,
and the communication to the Governor by th
committee OF the Native Sons heretofore pub
, lished) is submitted
Attention is called to Negotiations in weight
ana measures, and considerable attention
given to the question of irrigation.
Gratitude is expressed to the other State off
GERS and attaches, and the Governor conclude
as follows:
"In conclusion, l sincerely and cordisII,
welcome my successor to the exalted position /;
which the people have called him, assurint
MIN OF my earnest interest in the success of hi
administration, which 1 feel confident will b
eGnaucted CON solely for the public good, pledgipl
nlm as citizen, and one of his own politica
faltn, my heartiest co operation"
Cure of Wrenched SPINE.