Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-10-08

Jur1SO1CI1On over the accounting ana
the fin nancial departments of the state
and that the auditor and treasurer
report to the board each month. The
auditor should also be given jurisdic-
ton of all the accounts of the state.
an appropriation not to exceed 81 800
should be made annually to defray
the expenses of this department. In
speaking on ''double taxation" the
| governor said in part: "The injustice
and wrong arise from the statute
which provides that real and personal
estate shall be placed in the list at its
value in money and with respect to
real estate makes the mortgagor pay
| the tax on the entire value of the real
estate and allows him no Offset to his
debts, while with respect to the per-
sonal estate the right to offset is al
lowed to the owner thereof and only
the balance is taxed. The remedy lies
in treating both classes of property
alike; give to real estate the right of
Offset of debts or take away that right
from the personal estate; there can
be no other solution of the problem"
In order to increase the revenue of
the state the governor recommended
change in the present law govern
ing the granting of charters to corpo-
rations SO. as to allow corpora tions
with any amount of capital stock that
may be desired to be incorpora ted.
These corporations organized to pay
franchise tax to the the state which
shall be levied on the gross earnings
of the corporation if doing business
in the state, and on it's capital stock
issued if it transacts its business out
of the state. The speaker stated that
he had been asked to recommend a
separate department of insura nee in
place of the present arrangeme Mt but
he made no suggestions except that
the present plan of paying the COM
missioners forty per cent of the fees
collected be discontinued and GER
tain fixed salary be given them. On
the subject of permanent roads
the governor spoke of the benefits
the state has reaped from the manner
in which the five per cent highway
tax has been expended; during the
past two years 267 miles of permanent |
roads have been constructed. The
speaker advised that the tax be in
creased from five to ten per cent.
In speaking of the prohibitory law he
said in part: s'The subject of revision |
of the law will doubtless come before |
this legislature for consideration.
The exact method of relief to be
adopted depends entirely upon the
particular starting point selected. 1t |
is devoutly to be hoped that whatever
you finally decide upon to be the
method it will be 80 hedged about
that the law can be and will be en-
forced, and that the court and all it's
officers and servants will be held to
an accountability strict enough to
maintain the full measure and dignity
of the sovereignty of this state.
Governor Stickney, in his inaugural
address, suggested that the military
organization of the state might be
made less expensive without affecting
it's efficiency. He would do away with
the brigade command and repeal the
law establishing brigade organiza
tion., He also recommended that the
office of adjutant and inspector gener
al and that of quartermaster general
be consolidated and the duties of both
performed by one person.
The governor recommended doing
away with the Office of tax commits
sioner and have the state treasurer
assume the duties of the office. The
state is now paying the towns that
have not drawn their part of the u. S.
deposit money six per cent. interest
on the same. This should be reduced
to three per cent. The present law
the insane should be better
enforced and the towns obliged to
care for the demented paupers who
neither require restraint or treatment.
The appropriation for the state board
of health should be sufficient not only
to meet the necessary but probable
demands that will be made upon it. I
There are over one hundred and !
thirty towns in the state without any {
library facilities. Many of these are
small and cannot support public
library. Yet they could all be reached ]
by means of the travelling library for {
4 very small expenditure. A small ]
appropriation will be asked for to 6
carry on this work and should be I
granted.
The promotion of temperance is t
among innOrtant objects which Should t