The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-04

ACRAMENTO, WEDNES
comparison of the moneys received and
expended during the Administration,
With that received and expended dur
ing his, just past, and from the COM
parison makes the following deduc-
I ton:
Expenditures January /, 1895, to
January I, 1899, SIS, 1925, 961 06; paid
by this. for past Administration, ST.
100000. Total, $16,025, 1861.
| Expenditures January 1, 1893, to
January /, 1899, 1925, 144.07. Deduct
| for expenditures for past Administra-
ton, M,OO0.O00. Total, $12. 257, 144O7.
All of which would tend to show
that the cost from the general fund
properly chargeable to the outgoing
Administration is So, 16S, 1868 less
than for the preceding Administration.
Then follows the balances on hand
in the General Fund from 1893 to 1893,
inclusive, the figures placed opposite
the last named year showing that the
balance at the beginning of Governor
Cages first fiscal year, July l, 1893,
should be over 100000. In this con-
nection the Governor says:
with the Governor and both
branches of the Legislature of the
same political faith, it will be easy to
keep this large balance in the General
Fund and to maintain the credit of the
State as we have established it.
But if either endeavor to economic
| by lesSening the amount of the School
Fund apportionment, it will have to be
done by reducing the amount to be
raised each year for each school census
child, Gripping of the schools and
a reduction of the salaries OF the
teachers. This is proposition that
has been advanced heretofore. but has
not found favor, nor should it."
The message next deals with the
Controllers estimates and recommen-
dations, and deductions are drawn
ltherefrom favorable to- the Administra-
ton.
VETO SAVINGS.
| In reference to savings made by
vetoes it is set out in italics the state
ment that 1.-The vetoes for the sessions
of 1895 and 1897. inclusive, amounted
to So. 421, 216. 70, Of which four millions
is saving to the people, and con-
cludes with the following, also in
| italics:
l ILLS saving OIL over lOuI
Of dollars by vetoes in two sessions,
or, an amount sufficient to conduct the
ordinary expenses of the State, other
than schools. for one full year, is
matter of no little satisfaction to my
self, and of material benefit to the tax
payers of the State
In dealing with the subject of tax
levy and appropriation bills, the Gov
| iof Oy1S
have been largely in excess Of the
amount of the Tax Levy Law. This
is vicious practice. It requires the
Governor to either use the veto power
literally, or allow of appropriations
that will quickly exhaust available
moneys in the Treasury. To stop such
conditions, and to lessen the burdens
of the tax payers, vetoed upwards
of 4.421 PIG 49,
| Attention Is called to the demand
made in the biennial message of two
years ago, that the tax levy bill be
reduced and it is claimed that by rea-
son of that demand nearly S1.0O0,O0O
was saved. In closing the subject the
Governor used these words:
tI desire, in passing, to state that
| the amounts of the last three Tax
Levy Bills are over a million three
hundred thousand dollars less than the
pledge of my party"
/ In handling the subject of Taxa
ton" the Governor quotes extensively
from his message Of 1897, and draws
his deductions therefrom.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
The message declares this the most
important Board in the State since it
must pass upon every item of expendi-
ture from the General Fund, save those
of the National Guard The one-twenty-
fourth clause which was grated upon
the General Appropriation Bill provid-
ed that all institutions and depart
ments should expend one-twenty-
fourth part only of the two years ap-
preparation in any one month The
Board has kept strict watch over their
monthly demands and kept them with
in the limit, with the result that where,
| as in former years, the Deficiencies
have reached as high as 100000 for
institutions alone, this year not
lsingle institution has applied for de-
ficiency.
The Board has passed on claims
amounting to S7,519,256; has rejected
claims amounting to SAG, S4079; has
cut off claims and items amounting to
S1O2, 932. "a, being a total saving OF
$40, 1892 during the past two years,
not including the saving in deficien-
cies. And if we take the disallowance
of the Board of Examiners for the
two previous years ending December,
1896 it makes a total of reflections OF
1898, f69 % during the four years.
The Governor makes the following
recommendations
State officers should not be COM
PEELED to serve as members of the
Board Of Examiners, but If the Leg
lislature decides that it must consist OF
them, then the officers should be the
Controller, the Secretary of State, and
the Governor. The one State officer
who might in any case, advantageously
serve on the Board is the Controller,
because of his position as Superintend-
ent of Finance.
CENTRAL BOARD.
The Governor renews his proposition
of a Central State Board and makes
lengthy argument in it's favor.
ADULTERATIONS.
The message deals with the injury
Idone to the reputation of the State by
lshipping of diseased fruit, adulterated
wines and other products to Eastern
and foreign markets. 1t declares such
action should be severely punished,
cites instances of the shipment of fruit
infested with scale and the resultant