The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-05

should receive the fullest support Of
our Senators and Representatives in
congress, who should be requested to
use all lawful efforts for the passage of
measures favoring its completion, as
wen as to give their fullest support
OF all measures designed to improve
our rivers and harbors."
INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE
COURTS.
notwithstanding the great ability
and untiring energy of the learned
justices of our Supreme Court, and of
the Supreme Court Commissioners, ex-
perience has demonstrated that it is
impossible for them to dispose of the
1ast accommodating legal business COM
ing before them. I therefore recon-
mend that an amendment to the Con-
stitution be adopted for submission to
the electors, establishing an intermedi-
ate appellate court, having final juris-
dlction of a large class of cases which
now come within the jurisdiction of the
present Supreme Court. 1t is not only
essential that the cases submitted to
our courts should be decided justly, but
1t is also Indispensable that they be
disposed of promptly; otherwise great
injustice will be done to the people.
NECESSARY EXPENSE OF RE-
OPENING THE STATE PRINTING
OFFICE.
While rigid economy should be prac-
ticed in all matters of State, yet useful
public institutions should never be
crippled by denying them reasonable
and necessary appropriations, as seems
to have been the case with the State
Printing Office 1t is required by Sec
ton 10, Article 4, of the Constitution
of the State that all bills, with the
amendments thereto, shall be printed
for the use of the members of the Leg
islature, before being put upon final
passage.
The State Printing Office (wherein
these bills must be printed is now and
has been for some time closed, through
the action of my predecessor. Hence
one of the first duties imposed upon
this administration is to reopen the
State Printing Office, in order to assist
in carrying on the State and legislative
business, as required by law; and it
will be necessary at once to allow
reasonable appropriation, and no more,
for this purpose.
Some days, therefore, will elapse be-
fore the machinery of government will
be in complete running order.
CONCLUSION.
Considering the official burdens thus
early cast upon me, and the brief time
necessary to acquaint myself with the
details of the various offices, the alb
sence of the printed reports of the
State officers, as required by law, I will
rely upon your assistance, as well as
upon that of the several State officers,
in placing the Government upon a
proper business basis. 1t has been i'm
possible for me, with the means at my
disposal, within the limited time al
lowed me before taking my oath of Of
flee, to make very extended eXamina-
ton of State affairs; hence my refer
ences in this address to the few mat
tiers to which I have directed your at
tention are necessarily brief.
As to other matters of state which
may have been omitted, and which may
hereafter call for legislative action, I
will communicate by special messages
my views thereon, as the occasion
arises.
While much rests with the Executive,
grave labors devolve, likewise, upon
you, in order that the happiness and
prosperity of the people of this great
State may be secured and augmented.
Your patriotism and your sense Of
moral responsibility will guide you in
your deliberations, and tighten the
burdens of the Executive.
The faithful administration of the
public affairs of the State implies the
individual as well as the public good.
The money of the State is most Sc
curely guarded, and the rights of the
people best preserved, when honor is
placed above emolument, and self-love
yields to love of country.
Inspired with these motives let US
cooperate in the firm, brave and hon
est discharge of our sacred official
trusts.