The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-10
Review of the Work in All
Branches of the State
Government.
NEED FOR MORE RAILWAYS.
Recommendations Are Very
Few, But Facts and Figures
Predominant.

state AOT IuO past tWO
years. 1t is confined almost entirely to
a statement of facts and figures, and,
except in two or three cases, made no
recommendations.
1t begins with the statement Of the
necessity which compelled the levy of
q 2 mill deficiency tax in 1893, and
points out that such taxes must be laid
year by year unless the Legislature in
in some way straightens n the finan.
cial condition of the state.
The treasurer's report shows the
total receipts for the two years ending
June 80, 1894, 81, 257, $50. 90, Of which
800, 600 is for warrants sold and not
not entitled to be counted as revenue.
Disbursements for the same period
were $112, 69l, Of which amount 1915
were for funding warrants.
The report of the secretary of state
shows $6, 262 collected in official fees
and $149. 95 from the sale of laws, max.
ing $6, All, which has been turned into
the state treasury. It also shows that
there have been Incorporated during
the past two years 37S domestic corpo-
rations; 146 were for benevolent and
charitable purposes, and 1913 for profit"
The governor urges the Legislature to
frame a law that viii assure the state
receiving all state taxes from county
t~reasurers, and clothing the state audi
tor with power to enforce such a law.
The assessment of property Of the state
as fixed by the state board i'm 1892 was
$227, ST., 800, in 1898 $l36, 032, $40, in
1894 SIPS, 046, 1876. The amount Of
delinquent taxes due the state July /,
1894, amounted to 1911, sos. DO. The
credit of the state must be maintained
and this can only be done by bringing
disbursement to the level of receipts.
The governor calls attention to the
fact that the law providing for the as
sessment of railroad, telegraph and
telephone lines and the apportionment
act were never legally passed as was
shown in the successful resistance of
the Western Union company to the tax
levy, and recommends that these meas
ures be made legal ~.
After giving three pages of statistics
regarding the school lands and school
funds the message recommends the
repeal of chapters l47 and l48 of the
session laws Of 1898. This chapter pro-
vided that where leased lands were
afterwards sold before the expiration of
the lease the title should be turned
over to the purchaser regardless of the
~lessee's rights. He also urges the re-
peal of the provision that when the
purchaser fails to make any deferred
rarvaanS rS,nn 1rvn tho rfrorff porpf
may forfeit the land to the state, and
while he makes no special recommend
alton, he points nj that it is a severe
hardship for the man who has paid a
large proportion of the contract price
for a piece of land, and who has become
so unfortunate as to miss the payment
for the balance, to lose everything he
has put in.
He refers to the law that provides
that county t~reasurers shall levy o
school tax of 2 mills to be divided
according to the school population
among the several districts, and states
that it is not generally enforced. He
recommends that counties be required
10 obey it.
He reviews the condition of the
state institutions and briefly refers to
the conflict between the board of re-
gents and board of trustees, but makes
no recommendations except a general
remark upon the evils of a dual admin
istration.
The report of the educational insti-
buttons shows that of the two years
appropriation of $1ss. S41. 46, Co. y 40
remains unexpended, and the board of
regents estimates that 90, 900 additional
will be sent from the appropriations
this year. The total attendance at
these institutions wa 95l in 1893, and
last year increased to 957. The board
expects a further increase to 1000 dur
ing this year. The institutions held at
the present time %. COS, COS of real es-
tate and $72,0lo of personal property.
The agricultural college draws from
the state 81, 700 per year, and during
the last two years has received from
the general government under the
Moral law $37, 900. and under the Hatch
bill receives for the experimental sta.
ton $4,000 per year. The state uni
versity has been rebuilt by the citizens
of Clay county at a cost of $40, 600, and
the state officers have refused in any
way to obligate the state to pay the
There has been received from the
lease of school lands during the past
two years $50, 1880 !. There was dis.
tributed to the schools of the state In
1893, 500, 77i. being 81 for each person
of school age.
The state owned on Jan. /, 1893. o.
common school land 2,72l, 494 acres, o
which there has been sold during tn,
past two years Al, 146 acres. There ha
been sold since statehood 143, 025 acre
amounting ia 81, 1856, 205. OF thi
amount 81. s9i, l07 remains as deferrel
payment, of which there was due i
interest Jan. Of this year $SS, 46e
The Al, LAG acres sold during the pas
two, years brought $598, $3.50, OF whic
amount s44a, 81 Is deferred payment.
The average price per acre was:
In 1891, sI5.68.
Ia 1899. 9I2. 81.
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