The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

81, 1923: from legislative appropriation,
license fees and buyers samples.
The expenditures were S2,271. leaving
an uneXpended balance of ,552.
The commission recommends that
it be given the same supervision over
telegraph, telephone, express and
sleeping car companies, which it has
over railroads: that it be empowered
to investigate railway accidents: also
power to fix the responsibility in
case of loss or damage to property by
fires set by sparks from trains:
further, that whenever complaint is
made that exorbitant rates are
charged the board shall have power
to determine whether or not the
complaint is we'll founded, and to fix
maximum rate for such service
within the state, said rate when so
fixed not to be disturbed except by a
court of competent jurisdiction: also.
that the board shall have power to
establish stations and side tracks not
nearer than within six miles of any
existing station or side track; also, to
compel the construction of suitable
station buildings and likewise the
construction of highway crossings
and fences and cattle guards where
deemed necessary. 1t recommends
also that the law be amended so
that no elevator or warehouse COM
pany or other person should receive
the second car until all at that
station who were ready to ship grain
or other produce have received one
car.
REGENTS OF EDUCATION.
The report of the regents of educa-
tion contains summary of every
thing pertaining to government and
control of the educational institutions
of the state.
The governor is informed by the
report that Delsarte instruction has
been discontinued at the university,
but military department has been
established. The total attendance
for the year ending last June was
ISL decline of about one-third as
compared with the preceding year.
The buildings are not in a good state
of repair, and the erection of new
structures is recommended for GER
tain departments; also the purchase
of library. The total appropriation
requested for the university for the
next two years is about SS0,0O0. Of
course it is the judgment of the
regents that this is the least amount
that the university can get along
with.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The enrolment of the agricultural
college during the past year was 279.
During the year a diary building and
barn costing $1,000 has been con-
structed, also small building for
practical work in entomology and a
small astronomical observatory. The
report complains of the meager
appropriations of the last legislature,
but>the college has been able to get
along without any deficit to make
up. An appropriation of s46, 500 is
asked for the next two years, includ-
ing $4,000 for a chemical and
mechanical laboratory.
THE SCHOOL OF MINES
at Rapid City has total Of 81 pupils,
including those who are studying
algebra, English literature, compost
tion and rhetoric, in addition to such
studies as are more directly connected
with a knowledge of mines. The
regents recommended an appropria-
tion of S2l 800 for the coming two
years.
SPEARFISH NORMAL SCHOOL.
The total enrolment Of the state
normal school at Speartlsh is 16l in
the strictly normal department., but
in the training school, composed Of
the public school pupils of Speartish,
there is an enrolment of 2lS. An
appropriation of S26,500 is requested
for the next two years.
MADISON NORMAL SCHOOL.
The total enrolment of tho normal
school at Madison is lS0, and an
appropriation of 1927, 800 for the ensu-
ing two years is recommended by the
regents.
ACCOMPANYING THE REPORT
of the regents are the statements of
the trustees and presiding officers of
the various institutions, giving
details of their work, purposes and
needs, all of which will be found of
interest to those specially concerned
therein. There is, of course, great
emphasis laid upon the desirability
of maintaining high standard in
the institutions, and as might be
expected the trustees and officers
probably feel more deeply the claim
which the institutions make than