Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-24

KANSAS STATE SOLDIERS HOME
This home was founded upon the pat
the state to provide for the INDECENT
der of the civil war and his family
believe the home and its af1alrS in
splendid condition, but call the attention
OF the legislature to the very important
Situated upon the prairie, several miles
from Dodge City, with practically no
out during severe cold weather during
a blizzard. the loss of life and the SUI
inmates. many of whom are nearly help
less. would be something too terrible TO
contemplate i most earnestly recon-
mend an appropriation large enough to
meet this emergency
STATE BANKS.
The report of the bank commissioner
shows the Institutions under the conIrol
coondition. Perhaps nothing more clearly
indicates the prosperous condition of our
ments made by our banks under the or
flc-al call in 1900 and again in 1902. Com
teInber 1. 1900. and November Is, 1902.
shows the total number of banks under
gain of eighty-nine banks in two years.
:. ne lotai Capital is now sl,fo1-OOu. an
period The total surplus is now s1.I69.-
iO1-S6, gain of sS.J0S. SAL IA The total
of SHOP 211 ~ The total value of all
real estate, other than bank buildings, is
two years The banking law does not
contemplate banks holding real estate
transaction of the banks business, and
large proportion of the real estate now
of matured loans, and the banks are rap
idly, their best interests will permit
decrease of nearly 100000 viii show
The cash and sight exchange Qegal re-
3S-25 per cent of the entire deposits show
ing the banks of the state are upon safe
and conservative basis.
HANDLING OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
believe that the law should be. so
amended that county treasurers. when
urer, should be required to notify the
state auditor of the amount RENTED,
notice, should be required to charge the
treasurer with such amount
And, L would further recommend that
our laws be amended that the &C
counts of the state fiscal agency and the
state repositories be kept with the aud
itor of state and state treasurer in a
more business-like manner Under the
present law, neither the state fiscal
agency nor the state repositories are re-
CURED to report to the auditor of state.
When the state treasurer RENTS to the
fiscal agency or makes a deposit with the
state depository, he should be required
to sign, with the auditor of state, state
ment showing that said remittance or
deposit has been made. and the auditor
of state should be required to charge. the
state fiscal agency or state depository
with said remittance or deposit, ana
credit the state treasurer; and when the
state treasurer issues a check or draft
on the fiscal agency or state depository,
before delivering said check or draft TO
the party to whom it is issued, the treas
urer should be required to present it to
the auditor of state. and the auditor be
required to countersign said check or
draft keeping record d.. OF "a. the same,
of said check or draft and crediting the
fiscal f agency or state depository WITH Ta1l
when the board of examiners, consisting
of the governor, secretary of state, and
auditor of state, makes its monthly eN-
animation of the state treasury, it is COM
PEELED to ask the banks what the state
has on deposit with them, ana IS com.
PEELED to take the treasurer's statement
as to what what amount Of money is In , the
of getting this information from the rec
ords in the auditors office
1 find, from the record kept of the ex-
aminations made by the aforesaid board
of the state treasury for the year 1907
that the average amount of funds in the
fiscal agency during said year was SOL
800. 1 also find that the state has a con-
tract with the state fiscal agency where
by the agency pays the state two per cent
on the average daily balances of stats tate
funds in said agency, which for l9o2
would amount to S1,u2T.S0. L also find
from the records of said board th Tnd Inc
banks. the same being state repositories,
for the year 1902, was $4S1,2!2 3D. If the
New York bank which is the nscal agency
pay two per cent on the average
daily BALANCES, it occurs to me that the
the same Two per cent on the aver 5aers
deposits in It, the T 90 eek =. banks for 1902
l also find from the records OF SAID
board that the average amount OF money
in the state treasury and in the IopeSa
banks as state repositories for the year
1902 amounted to S16S,S11- This amount
at two per cent on the average daily
balances would net the state S15,376.22
per annum. 1t seems to me that business
prudence and the public welfare demand
that some change, such as suggested
herein be made in the handling of our
state funds l would also recommend
if these suggestions are enacted into law
that the bond of the state treasurer pc
reduced to one-half it's present sum, the
bond to be made by some surety company
and paid for out of the profits accrulng
to the state upon the daily balances as
suggested In this eng o MON
EYS.
I would recommend that the legislature
enact such laws as will forever aboiiSh
trading and trafficking in the marketable
commodities from the various state In
situations. At every institution, educa-
tionaI or otherwise, where any money is
received from any source. or wher ere, any my
cash. and the cash paid at the end OF
each month to the state treasurer
think it is due the members OF the ieglse
Kansas that they know what IL costs TO
run the institutions of the stAea: Inc
legislature could then more 1nteillSently
make the necessary appropriations
/ would also suggest that all pubic
moneys received from any of the sources
mentioned at any of the state institutions.
after being paid to the state treasurer,
be re-apportioned or at once placed TO
the account of said institution, and that
it be paid out by the state treasurer on
warrants issued by the auditor OF state
proved. the same as required IN paying
out regular appropriations
ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION
The subject of taxation is one OF the
attention For many years it has been
generally conceded that our present tax
law is insufficient for present conditions,
crude and inequitable in its oper@uon:
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