The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-13
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Summaries Of Several Of the
Documents Submitted to
the Governor.
What Has Been Done by Pub
lie tiOns-ApprOpri-
atiOnS Asked.
STATE TREASURER.

w. Taylor concludes with the end OF
he fiscal year June 80 last, at which
time there was in the treasury a
grand balance of s3O9,114 of which
S14S, lS9 belongs to the permanent
school fund. The total bonded debt
at that time was 81, ,040, 200. The
total receipts in the general fund for
the nineteen months prior to June 80,
were S814,5S and at that date there
was balance of 500, ,684, as against a
balance of only S10,052 December l,
1890. The receipts from taxes PAID
by the counties were $424,794. The
various state officers turned into the
general fund during the nineteen
months the sum of S2l,l19 as fees
received by them under the law.
The insurance companies paid taxes
amounting to $34,O ,O94, and the United
States paid the state for various
purposes S14,859. The expenditures
upon warrants drawn by the state
auditor for current expenses OF the
state amounted to s762,543. Treas
urer Taylor reports that he has
succeeded in closing the payment OF
the much annoying territorial
warrants inherited by the state when
she commenced business.
STATE AUDITOR.
The report of State Auditor L. G.
Taylor shows that from December l,
1890, to July /, 1892, covering period
OF nineteen months, there were
drawn by him warrants amounting
to s1,l39,275. In this sum is con-
cludcd expenditures of all sorts and
kinds which have been made for
maintenance of the state government
in all it's various branches, such as
salaries of state officers, expenses OF
public institutions, payment for
supreme and circuit courts, per diem
and mileage of legislators, public
printing, etc.
In regard to the insurance depart
ment Auditor Taylor reports that
during the year of 1890 and 1891 the
people of South Dakota paid ss52,71
in fire premiums and received from
the companies as payment for losses
only S3e1,73 so that policy holders
Maid more than twice as much for
nrotection as il cost the companies.
In hail premiums the people paid
s2l6.lS1, and received from the COM
panies for losses only S116, 6,048, show
ing that the hail business is not as
profitable quite as the fire business.
But when the life and accident busl-
ness is examined it is found that
there is the field in which there is
the biggest money for the companies,
as they secured from policy holders
s5O4,352 and paid back to policy
holders only $152,447.
sUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INsTRUC-
TION.
The report of Superintendent
Salmon regarding the public schools
of the state will astound a great
many by the wonderful showing
which it makes with reference to
public education. His suggestions
will certainly attract careful atten-
ton. The statistics presented with
reference to the schools of the state
are gratifying. BY the last school
census there were 87,347 persons OF
school age, and the enrolment in the
public schools during the past two
years has averaged 1882 pupils.
The average number OF teachers IS
4,298, of which 1,l69 are male and
1929 female. Teachers salaries
amount to sl,3sl,S41 per year, OF
which the male teachers receive
54ls SO, and the female teachers
5000. .6O3. The total number Of school
buildings is 3,253-a large increase
over that of the previous year. The
school property in the state is valued
at s2,704, ,933. The report urges
adoption of the township plan OF
school organization.
PUBLIC EXAMINER.
The report of Public Examiner
Blanchard shows that the total
receipts of the state treasurer up to
June 80, 1892, had been 1885, 1876, and
the total disbursements amounted to
Sl, Isl ,1O3. On December l, 1890, the
total balance in the treasury was
S63, ,422, while the balance on June 80,
1892, was 5000, IA. 1t shows also that
the state auditor collected during
the fiscal period S30,O94 as taxes
from various insurance companies,
and that he collected during the
same time sl5, ,O40 of fees from insur-
ance companies, all of which were
duly paid into the state treasury.
The secretary of state collected dur
ing the fiscal period fees amounting
to $6,O7s, all Of which has also been
paid into the treasury. The public
examiner is gratified to report, and
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