Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-12
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Summaries Of Several Of the
Documents Submitted to
the Governor.
What Has Been Done by Pub
Observation-Disclosures
etions Asked.
SrATE TREASURER.

he fiscal year June 80 last, at which
time there was in the treasury
grand balance of s309,ls-i. Of which
SI4s, lSs belongs to the permanent
schoe2 fund. The total bonded debt
at THAT time was si,o40,2o0. The
total receipts in the general fund Tor
the nineteen months prior TO June 80,
wcpc 1914, $50, and at that date there
was a balance of S39Ss4, as against a
balance Of only slO.@52 December !.
1890. The receipts from taxes pad
by the counties were s424.IH- Ihe
various state officers turned into the
general fund during the nineteen
months the sum of s2l JIG as fees
received by thesn under the law.
THE insurancccumpanics Ia1d taxes
amounting to S:a .04. and the United
States paid the state for various
purposcs STA $3.50. The expenditures
upon warrants drawn by the state
auditor for current expenses OF the
state amUuntcd to s,62,a.s". Treas
urer Taylor reports that lie mas
succeeded in closing the payment OF
the mach annoying territorial
warrants Inherited by TIL. state when
she Commenced business
STATE AUDITOR.
The report OF State Auditor l.. Z.
'raylor SHOWS that from December /,
1850. to -5uly |. 1892, covering period
of nineteen months, there were
drawn b. him warrants amounting
l,l:3sss,,.,;o. IN this sum is CON
cludcd expenditures OF all sorts ana
kinds which have been made tor
maintenance of the state government
in all rs various branches. such as
salaries of state officers, expenses OF
public institutions. payment Tor
supreme and circuit courts. per diem
and mileage OF legislators, pubic
printing, etc.
In regard to the insurance depart
mcnt Auditor TAYLOR reports that
during the year of 1880 and 1881 the
pcopleof South Dakota paid sS322,..S
in fire premiums ana received from
The companies as payment for losses
only sss!,1.34. so that policy holders
Daid more than twice as much ior
protection as il cost the companies.
In hail premiums the people PAD
solG. 7I and received from the com
nanics for losses only Sll6,UiS, show
ing tina. the hail business is not as
profitable quite as she tire business.
tlt when the life and accident busl-
ness - examined it is found that
there i,i.hc field in which there is
the biggest money for the companies,
as they secured from policy holders
s5ol.a52 and paid back to policy
holders only sl52,4i1-
The report of Superintendent
Salmon regarding the public schools
ot the state will aStound great
many ey the wonderful showing
which it makes with reference to
public education. His suggestions
will certainly attract careful atten'
ton. Tive statistics presented Will
reference to the schools OF the state
are gratifying. by the last school
census there were SIZE persons Of
school age. and the enrolment IN tho
public schools during the past t"t
wears has averaged 1862 pupils
The average number of teachers j:
l.o9S, OF which ll6o are male ant
3lo9 female. Teachers Salaric:
amount to sl,3Sl,S4l per year, O
which the male teachers receive
i54lS IS, and the female teacher:
5000, Go3. The total number OF schoo
buildings is 3.253-a large increase
over that of the previous year. Th'
school property in the state is valued
at s2.7O4, 933. The report urge
adoption of the township plan o
school organization.
PUBLIC EXAMINER.
The report of Public Examine
blanchard SHOWS tudU uiiS 1oc<1
receipts of the state treasurer up t.
June 80. 1892, had been sl,396,195, ant
the total disbursements amounted t
Sl.l5l .lg3. On December !, 1880, tn
total balance in the treasury wa
S63.422, while the balance on June 81
1882. was s3O9,ll4. 1t shows also tina
the state auditor collected during
the fiscal period $4,000 as taxes
from various insurance companies
and that lie collected during TIL
same time $1,000 of fees from insul
ance companies, all of which wer
duly paid into the state treasury
The secretary of state collected dul
ing the fiscal period fees am0untin
to SCOTS, all of which has also bee
paid into the treasury. The publ
examiner is gratitied to report, an
the people of South Dakota will b
o,.l1y pleased Tn learn that durin