The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-01-16

the state about $4,000 in warrants
endorsed BY the treasurer, Not paid
for want Of funds and thence bearing
2 per cent interest, which, are already
subject to a heavy discount in the
market, and but for prompt measures
on your part to prevent il their
amount will; rapidly increase and
their value decline correspondingly.
This condition exists after, final resort
to borrowing an additional 800, 600
during The past year and increasing
the.public Indebtedness to the maximum
limit under the constitution. 1t is i'm.
possible longer to dodge the issue; it j.,
now retrenchment OF disaster"
He then showed that the following
items, real aud estimated. are lost to
future revenue. The $40, ,229O.O7 re.
cicved from the territotial treasurer;
s77,lOs.s7 from the change in law
from 8 to 2 mill levy on counties;
S7l, ,7S0.05 from change in railroad tax
law; 100000 from issue on bonds, by
which public debt was increased to the
limit allowed by the constitution;
the bond premiums Of $l9,8l250.
These amounts aggregate $29S, ,992.24
and show an unavoidable reduction IN
the future receipts over last years to
that extent. Deducting from this the
amount Of railroad taxes paid to coun-
ties as shown in the disbursement
statement, of Sol, ,105.SO. will leave
deficiency for the current year Of
$237 ,886.44. 1t is found upon ex-
animation that the disbursement
statement combines extraordinary ex-
pcnditures, such as payments for
furniture, and JOINT commission claims
of about $4,000 which would re.
ducc the deficit for the current year to
about $l75.OOO. :.
The same result, practically, is
reached by a different and more exact
method. On examining the future
sources of revenue from another
standpoint, 2 mill tax on the states
assessment of S11O,00O,OOO, if al. col
lected will produce s22O.O0O, to which
may be added $50, 600, fees from the
auditor of state insurance department
and $4,000. fees from the secretary Of
State making S243,00O.
The governor gave a list Of
specific appropriations made by the
first state legislature aggregating
$4l7,O14244, and other appropriations
amounting to S26.675.47. In addition
to these lie gave list aggrega ting
$264. .33.4S of such items as the agri-
cultural society expense, hoard Of
health salaries, transportation of con-
victs and insane, bonn.y to fire de-
partments. etc, which he said "had
been paid out of the general fund
during the year by the treasurer upon
warrants drawn by the auditor with.
out any special act Of appropriation by
the legislature, under color of
authority from the territorial statutes. y
After deducting the costs Of furniture
for the state legislature and decrcas-
ing the cost Of the legislature, lie said:
..Ihis deduction leaves S4l5 ,452.76 as
the present annual state expenditure
AS we have before seen there is hut
s243,00o to meet tins amount, hence
tits necessary for the legislature to
make retrcnchment of $i72,452.76
per annun, in order to bring the dis.
bursemcnts within the receipts, the
same, practically as before shown
REMEDY.
81. To this end it is suggested, that
all Offices that can be dispensed with.
without dctriuentto the public service
he abolished and others consolidated
and salaries diminished until the cx-
pense of administration is reduced IL
the minimum, regard being had only
to the public needs, not the welfare Of
individuals
"2. Provide IN the general ap.
preparation bill definite sums for the
per diem, mileage and contingent ex:
penses Of each state officer and state
agent, and of each department and
pubic institution, including its
supervision aud management, thus
bringing under control these now
uncertain amounts and fixing max.
imum beyond which no responsibility
can attach to the state, and supplement
this enactment by provision III
terms multiplying all territoria
statutes so far as they can possibly be
construed as appropriately public rev
enues, or authorizing any state officer
or agent, or board to incur any indebt
edness or expend any money on behalf
of the state except as specificall.
authorized by the state legislature
and that the auditor shall not draw
or the treasurer pay, any warran
upon the treasurer except in pursuanc
Of an appropriation for the specif