The record-union., 1895-12-14
THE STATE BOARD OF VIIICULTURE.
Its Secretary Before the State Board
of Examiners.
His Inventory Was Far From Com
plete-Reluctant to Give Up the
States Property.


The State Board of Examiners held
its weekly meeting yesterday, Governor
Budd and Secretary of State Brown
| being present, and Attorney
Fitzgerald being represented by Assist
ant Acknowledgement w. II. Anderson.
Secretary Markley was directed to
call the attention of the contractor for
repairs on the Stockton Insane Asylum
to the fact that the Attorney General
must pass on the contract before he
began the work
! Secretary Scott of the State Board of
Viticulture appeared before the board
and explained the incompleteness of an
inventory of property in the hands of
his board and said that he had been in
structed to make an inventory of such
! things as were of value.
| He said that a San Francisco morning
paper had made a charge that he had
Incorporated $4,000 worth of the
States property. He demanded an in
vestigation of the charges, as he occu-
pied another responsible position and he
could not afford to lie under such an
! imputation.
! The Governor said that no charges
| had emanated from the Board of EX-
aminers and they could not take notice
of newspaper articles. He asked where
a spectroscope was that belongs to the
State.
Mr.. Scott said he had never seen it
OF known that there was such a thing
in charge of his board. There is lot
of stuff packed in boxes in the Arizona
warehouse. Such was the case with a
number of other articles concerning
which the Governor asked. He did not
know what the board had, as there had
been five Secretaries who preceded
him. Clarence Wetmore had told him
to make an inventory of the stuff in the
office, and he did so. He did not want to
go down in the cellar and open up all
the boxes there, so he did not do so,
but simply took what was in the office.
And that is the way you inventoried
the States property, Mr.. Scott, is IT.
said the Governor. There is also lot
of office furniture that is not included in
this inventory. 1t is shown that your
inventory has been made in a very care
less manner. I happen to know where
the spectroscope and some other arti-
cles are, but you do not"
Mr. Scott said he was elected in 1890,
but had never had anything inventor
led and turned over to him. There was
much property that he had never known
library, which was worth ten times as
much as all this property, and contains
many rare and expensive books, was
placed in his care and he had taken
great care of it ever since.
Governor Budd said that this COM
mission was about to go out of existence
and the State University will be held
responsible for all the property that is
turned over to it and the Board of
IA
for what is missing, and could settle
the matter with it's employees. This is
the beginning of Investigations of COM
missions. When a Secretary takes his
office he should take care to get an in
ventory of all that is turned over to
| him. The inventory mentioned pens
and waste baskets and it was singular
that more important articles were omit
ted.
1t was decided that Mr. Scott should
go through the boxes and make out
a full inventory and that Secretary
Bonte of the State University should
send a man to assist in making an
inventory, and that the property should
then be turned over to Mr. Bonte
Mr.. Scott said that the Commission
ers had consulted the Attorney General
in relation to the legality of a transfer
to the new corporation that has been
formed. He acknowledged that they
did not wish to turn the property
over to the State University and said
| the library was rare and valuable
one and he hated to see it buried in
the State University. They proposed
to go right on in the old line and did
not want State aid. He himself had
framed the law under which the COM
mission was dissolved
Yes" said the Governor, land I
found it had bug in it. heard of the
bug before the bill was presented"
Mr.. Scott promised to make the in
ventory within week
STATE DAIRY BUREAU.
Commissioner Vanderbilt of the State
Dairy Bureau addressed the board, say
ing that it had been endeavoring to get
up some statistics with regard to the
dairy interests and had issued 5000
circulars to the creameries and dairies
Of the State, with a request to them to
fill in the figures. They had received
only thirty-three replies from creamer-
les and only $50 altogether. It's purpose
had been to make a statistical report,
but found the only way to get reliable
information was to visit the creameries
and dairies.
This viii entail some expense and the
Commissioners wished to have an I'M
derstanding with the board as to
whether they could incur it, Other
states pay such expenses.
The board thought such work was
within the scope of the purpose for
which the bureau was formed and the
expense would be legitimate.
Mr.. Vanderbilt related how the bu-
reau had prosecuted an oleomargarine
vender and how he pleaded guilty
and paid his fine.
He was asked if his stock was con-
fiscated and answered that the law did
not allow of confiscation
Governor Budd thought that under
the pure food law it could have been
confiscated. He read the law on the
subject and said that it was very
sweeping-so much so, indeed, that it
was doubtful if a cocktail could be le-
gally mixed in this State
Mr.. Vanderbilt said he would look
into the matter
The Governor then said that a bill
was presented at the last meeting for.
analyzing some cheese that was sup
posed to be poisoned, but which had
been rejected, as not being to test the
composition of the cheese, as provided
for in the law. There is no provision
for paying Professor Rising, the State
Analyst, for analyses made by him for
the State Board of Health. and that
board had asked for information as to
its power to use the contagion fund for
that purpose.
Mr.. Anderson said he would refer the
matter to the Attorney General
All the bills of the employees of the
State Mineralogist, j. j. Crawford, were
referred to the Attorney General. The
fact was developed during a discus
sion on them that Mr. Crawford was
appointed on February %, 1893, a
month before the Act creating the po-
sition of State Mineralogist was passed.
which repeats all former Acts The
! question therefore arose as to Mr..
| Crawfords tenure of office, as he was
appointed under the old Act, which was
! repealed and has not been appointed