Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-10

in 1904. s12s. o4e. 7e5.o Q. The amount Of de-
nnqIent state taxes. July 1. 1884. amounted
TO soI1, 6h3. 40. These figures coupled with
but one result, unless your wisdom shall
prove itself equal to the emergency. The
credit OF the state must be maintained.
anc this can only be done by bringing dis
bursemtnts to the level of receipts. Your
duty is Imperative. 1t Is not reasonable to
expect liberal payment of taxes in the. I'M
mediate future. You who come fresh from
the people know the condition Of the state.
There are certain expenses which must he
met. Our penal and charitable institutions
must be provided for. They must be among
II will be your wish to consider carefully
the requirements Of all the institutions
appropriations are made by the legislature,
and that In your deliberations the require
nents will be made to conform TO the
states ability, to meet them, without haz-
ard - its credit.
Attorney General.
Yeu are respectfully invited to q care
full examination OF the report or the at
torney general In which you will md much
of interest. and which will be OF service
to you In some OF your deliberations. The
case OF the state against the Western Union
Telegraph company which resisted the col
lection of taxes on account of what was
claimed to be excessive valuation OF its
property, disclosed the fact that the laws
of 1890 and 1891 proViding for the assess
ment Of railroads, telegraph and telephone
lines were never lawfully enacted. 1t will
In correction of this most serious mis-
take. The same Is true of our present APP
portionment law. II was never legally
passed. II remains for you TO apply the
much needle corrections.
Commissioners Of School and Public
Lands.
Great interest csnters In the Office Of
the commissioner OF Ealynl and DuDnC
lands, and the report OF this officer will
be studied with thoughtful care. Iae slate
owned ON January /, 1898, OF COMMON
school land 2,12l, 4Jt. 40 acres, Of which
there has been sold during the past two
yeaIs, 4l,l4G.U Us acres. OF these %, lob
were sold In 1898, and 9,U2.JJ We're sold
hood la, 90 SO acres. amounting 10 u, 'oj,.
2Uo.4I. Or this amount Sl.o9l, lU1.OS remains
as deferred payment uIon which there was
due in interest on the first DAY Of this
month S., +Sj.+S. TRe il,l4G.03 acres sod
during the past two years brought $685.
sS6. ~, Of which amount $lJ5. G4J.24 was
paid at the time Of sale. leaving S44j, PAL. az
a. the amount III deferred payment.
The average price received during the
past four years Tor ali the land sold was,
In 1891, $l5.6S: 1892, Sl2.34; 49,, SAT-,
and in 1884, 49, ~ per acre. Lands were
sold In 1891 In iankton county for az high
as $500 per acre. Several pieces bringing
from so to 80 per acre. Land has also
been sold In Minnchaha. Turner, Lincoln
and UnOiou counties for $50 anu So, aud In
Hutchinson for Sl2.J0 To So per acre in
1894. In McCook county from Sl2 to $40,
most sales at SIS and upwards. In Bon
HOIume county several tracts were sold last
year for $50 per acre. There has been re-
"eiVed as rental OF endowment lands for
the past two years S0lO DC, which amount
has been paid into the treasury. and there
stands TO the credit OF the several insti
tutlons 10 which 1t Is due nearly rs pos
sible for IL to be shown. The payment
having been made after the c!OGe Of the
fiscal year, 1t does not appear In the treas
urer's report
There has been received from the lease Of
school lands during the past two years
90, l2S.o4. There was distributed TO the
schools of the state In 1893. out OF the In
terest and income fund, $96, TI4.O0, being
sl.0O for each person Of school age. In 1894
the amount 80 apportioned was $40, 04T. 90,
being $l.5O for each person. The amount
OF the permanent school fund In the treas
ury on January l. 1873. was SIZE, 523. %.
To which has been added from the prln-
opal payment on school lands sold during
the last two years, SlDa. mar, and 3 ;;cs
ccGt OF line safes OF public lands within
the state from the general government
or this there has been distributed TO the
organized counties OF the state FOR invest
ment, S3ft,2lI 90. leaving Il balance In
treasury OF S759.27.
The report shows as received from all
sources OF the interest and income fund
for the past two years. together with the
SI!,4Sl.57 on hand at the beginning
With disbursements amounting to so, 0s5.4
Leaving balance In treasury. s. 2s2. IL
There were received In fees by the office
or the commissioner for the past year,
S4.5I5.Jo. Your attention Is rpspeCtfury
called TO the table In the report OF the
commissioners, showins the total amount
OF the permanent school fund that has
been npportioned to, and accepted by, the
several organized counties OF the state
Tor investment uB to December 81, 1894"
Also TO statement Showing number of
acres OF indemnity and endowment lands
that have been patented nv the rpneraI
government 70 the state OF South Dakota
between January I. 1907. and December n.
1S'4,' anh to the statement OF the nunbcr
or acres Tor which Davment has been made
In full and for which patent has Issued
within the past year.
The great and growing inheritance NJ the
office OF commissioner OF school and puh-
lie lands demands the enactment Of very
plain laws for Its government. that the COM
missioner may never he in doubt. nor
be thrown uron his own Judgment. be-
cause or the absence Of law.
Your attention ~ respectfuIIy invited "a
tho careful study OF section II OF the
enabling act. the last clause of which
declares, That the states rrovIdei FOR
In this act shall not No entitled 70 nv fur
ther ~ other ~r"nts of lan1 for INV mr.
pose than rs evnressiv nrovihcd FOR In ,hI.
art. tnf tho lands Crontnd nv this section
Nif'' ~ fl' tfNNFlf'lTN 'Rl nn1 ItgnOGn1 or
exclusively for tho nurnoses hrrpIn men
TONED. in snch manner ne the legislatures OF
~" Respective states My sevcrally pro-
vide" F
ONE hundred AMI seventy Thousand ncres
~ the 'and provided for IN The Grant from
the TOvCrnnrnnt have mover been amor
Toned. or otherwiso dfsnoscT ~ nv tho
legislature. Some of 4 has been token md
leased. or the 500 "f ~I"cn "a rental
~ endowment lands. AZ" 81 IL now horne
uron tho NN0hS 81 the tro-Srrrr. N rho
crNd't ~ tho interest md Income fund NJ
"chS-ftAh'e ard nHurationaI" nrd GO must
c~on'frup IA 10 horne Tho money conrnt
nrHncrly he divided nor n-Id nut 81 rho
trcH sU"v "a n mart Of tho interest oud In
come frnd until provision IL made for ira
pavement nv tho le-'s'ature.
hone Won viii nrn~idp nv statute for
The apnor''oNmpnt ~ tho TO mn ncres for
such educatiOn9i NM Chrritahla nrrnoses
ne IN vour wis'On Won way deem that tba
viii ~ tho -'ate acwnrds.
| urge upon you the repeal Of chapters
f4I AMI MS of the Session Laws of lSl3
The most serious trouble which has been
had 10y any department of the state gov
erDment for the past two years has arisen
from the sale by the commissioner Of lands
upon which there was an unnexpircd lease.
The rental on long time leases Ia fixed
by the board OF lease commissioners Mt
n higher rate than NJ though IL were for
Il shorter time. Land which would rent for
FIVE or six cents an acre for one year
would probably rent for ten cents an acre
for ave years. The rental must be paid
each year In advance. He who has taken
land under this lease and pad a fiye years