The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-10
For charitable and educa-
l15,ooo
$4,000
10000


To this there should be added some de-
nciencies in order to meet the required
demand upon them. Nearly all this expense
in other sta es is borne by individuals, coun-
ties and municipalities In other words, the
state is relieved or reimbursed in some form
LOT us expenditures in that direction.
Inc total income of the state this year on the
oasis OF 1894 will be about SIS, 72S, 112. Thus it
Is plain to be seen that after deducting the ST.
o5S,o0o, and the So, 773, 900 paid for our public
school system, including normals and uni
versity, there will be left about 81, 121 ,612 to
meet all other expenditures. The controllers
report Will clearly define what the other ex-
Penoltures of the state are. and should be care
tuliy estimated and added to the 1906, 500,
which represent the fixed charges against the
sta,e as the law now stands, Based on rate
OF 40 cents instead of 80 cents, it would yield
20, l55, 000 and leave about $500 900 To
those who have claimed thar the state govern
meDt could be run on basis of 25 per cent
less than the present cost, let me call their at
tention 10 the true situation. On that basis
the yie.d would be about 81, 205, 900, which
you Will see is $31l 500 less than the items
embraced n the public school, benevole mt and
Judicial charges, $4,o06, 900.
For your convenience l will give you, as
near as can. the principal items that will pc
ASKED OF you for permanent Improvement, to-
wit:
Mendocino state asylum. ............ $3.50, 900
San Bernardin,. ................ -. 276,OO0
Stockton 80 600
Agnews. ............. 5000
Whittier. 800 ...".... 5000
4
San Quentin mot estimated) .,...,.. ........
Folsom mot estimated ............... ,.........
Deaf, dumb and blind. ....... -. $500
Building for state officers in San
Francisco ....1'...........,... 100000
Berkeley and Mt. Hamilton....... 100000
Amounting in all to ,655. 500
There will be others which have not con
hdered and cannot estimate.
our people are unit it is the
subject . Of taxation You are their lmms
their wishes, and to keep the rate of taxation
within the so cent limit Therefore, unless
you determlne to make radical changes in our
resnI~ oi tFa1sactimE state work you Viii
that the 80 cent basis will produce in order to
meet what may be properly considered fixed
charges, as the law now stands, notwithstand-
ing the increased income over 1890.
BY considering the controllers report and
the estimates furnished you by the state
board of equalization, you will see that no
permanent improvements can be made unless
some of the states re possibilities are shifted,
as heretofore indicated, or the rate will ex.
ceed the so cent limit However unpleasant
these facts may be, it is due to you and our
taxpayers that they be plainly stated, in order
that you may act accordingly, and our people
be made aware of the true situa ton of affairs
Permit me to say that as to the financial
statements above enumerated, l have given
them to you for your own convenience They
uiO bcloftu W DC OOTT6CL, DuL Ll0 means OF
yerification are at your hands, and l would
respectfully suggest that you examine the
same for your own protection.
have no apologies to make as to our expen-
ditures, They have ali been according to law,
and 1t is for you to say in what manner they
shall be reduced. have striven to do all that
any governor could be expected to do in that
respect. ,-".
CONCLUSION
The hour has arrived when, by constitution
al limitation, I must surrender my Office
to my successor. In so doing would be false
to myself did not express my gratitude to the
people of California for the many acts of cour-
tesy and kindness which l have received at
their hands during the four years OF my ad-
ministration. entered upon the discharge of
my official duties with doubt and fear know
ing and feeling their grave responsibilities. |
have endeavored to discharge them to the
best advantage of the state, and believe that
can conscientiously affirm, looking backward
on their performance, that, with some trifiing
exceptions wherein judgment erred, would
not under the same circumstances, change my
course.
To the officers of the state and their at
taches, with whom my intercourse has ever
been of the most friendly character, and l
acknowledge the valuable aid and assistance
rendered me by the several departments on
various occasions.
To the several boa rds and com missions of the
numerous state institutions. l am also i'll
debted for many favors and much useful in
formation bearing on their respective charges
To those Immediately connected with my
all occasions in the advancement of my in
terests will never be forgotten
1t is the breaking up of these ties that
causes regret. but can assure one and all that
the friendships thus form shall be as lasting
as life, and with the best wishes for the welfare
of each fellow citizen whose rank | shall
proudly join, ever ready to aid to the full ex-
tent of my abilities in whatever may tend to
enhance the prosperity of the state. take my
leave, with the earnest desire that success may
attend the administration of my honorable
friend who takes my place. H. H. MARKHAM,