Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-26

of the state attached, shall be five dol
lars. payable to the Secretary of State.
for the use of the state. upon application
There shall be no folio charge for re-
coriinS articles OF incorporation. or for
preparing certified copies of the same. the
fees herein prescribed covering all charges
for filing and recording articles OF incor-
poration, issuing a certificate thereof. ana
making and certifying to copies of tho
same: Provided however. That where the
articles to be recorded. or copied or cert!-
fed TO- shall exceed twenty fo!ios. there
shall he a further charge OF fifteen cents
per folio for all such excess.
Every corporation Incorporated under
the laws Of this state, and every foreign
poration on file in the office of the Score
tary of State shall. on or before the first
day of July of each and every year. pay
TO the Secretary of State, for the use Of
the state, the following license fees. Ev-
cry corporation having a capital stock
$40; Every corporation failing 10 pay the
said annual license fee. on or before the
first day of July of each and every year.
and desiring 10 pay the same thereafter.
and before the first day of January next
following. shall pay to the secretary OF
State, for abe use OF the state, in addition
to the said license fee, the following fur
Their fee. as penalty for such failure:
Every corporation two dollars and fifty
cents Every corporation falling TO pay
the said license fees and penalties on or
before the 3lst day of December of any
day which It shall continue to do business
as a corporation after said date. to be
recovered in an action in any court OF
competent jurisdiction
Good Results.
BY the provisions of this statute a large
volume Of extra work was imposed on
the Secretary OF State. but the people have
been rewarded by an increase of revenue
from n source abundantly able to contrib
ute 1t as consequence.
These results are forcibly set forth in
the following comparative tahulated state
ment taken from the records OF the de-
partment:
Receipts Insurance Department..
Last IS mos OF Rep. Adm. ........S 5.715 90
First IS mos of Fusion Adm. !S4 %
Increase ............. .............S 1883 "
Or l02 per cent.
Receipts General Department.
Last IS mos Of Rep Adm. .........$ $50 10
Excerpt from Supreme Court
Reports.) -
Increase ............ .72O 90
Or 645 per cent.
Total Receipts.
Last IS mos Rep Adm......-.... SIS 2SS 90
Except from Supreme Court
First is mos Fusion Adm. ......... sass 90
Increase ...:....... .553 90
Or Az per cent.
Total Expenses.
Last 1s months old Adm. .... .S26.5 ST 20
First IS months Fusion Adm. ..... 16, 4S2 90
Decrease ........ ............... $40. Os5 %
Or IS per cent
1t should be stated for purposes of fair
comparison that the amount given above
as the receipts of the office during tho
Admlnistration does no, include ssoss re-
In payment for stereotype plates Of vol
nmns 5. 8. 7, and 9 Of Washington Re-
ports sold them by the state.
Striking Example.
This IS perhaps one OF the most striking
and substantial examples OF Fusion Legis-
lation and administration to be found
Complete reform Of the departmen as p p
Ing II on practical, useful paying basis,
from which no Administration that sue
seeds seeds the present one can afford. for
When the revenue of department Of the
state Government is raised from a paltry
500 TO close up to the 500 900 mark. at
an expense of fully $4,000 less without
imposing a single burden. however light.
revenues are SO badly needed to pay off
the enormous state debt needlessly and
extravagantly contracted by a wicked Re-
publican Administration, 1t amounts to an
Improvement In the public service that de-
mands moro than a passing notice from
the voters.
The Government that does this with
similar results In all departments is not
accidental. There must be some very SUBJ
stantial public virtue in the political party
which gave II existence. and the voters
who called it into being cannot afford to
rebuke Its grand achievement on their be-
half by electing representatives of a party
that brought forth only extravaganza and
msrule in every county of the state
II should be said in this connection that
all the state officials are over-worked for
want OF sufficient appropriations for ade-
quate clerk hire. Perhaps no state gov
eminent in the Union with as much work
TO perform has SO few employees. This ap-
plies to every office from that Of Governor
down TO the smallest, and peculiarly 20
the state department. One Is impressed
with the idea. when observing these strik-
Ing facts. that the LEGISLATURE carried the
policy Of economy little beyond the point
of usefulness in this respect.