The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08

was
taken up and it was found that the rates
upon state property ranged from IS cents
to $4 per 500 for three years. The board
succeeded in obtaining from insurance
companies the uniform rate of 1 per cent
for three years, making a direct saving of
more than $4,000 on this one item alone.
BOARD WAS DILIGENT.
1t was argued by many that the board
of corrections and charities should be re-
strained, as it was impossible for the
ed by the former. Look at the resultsi
The board of control deported 70 non
residents paupers and insane people dur
ing the past year, being rs more than in
the previous one under the board of cor
rectiOnS and charities, saving the state
the support of these people for many
years to come, and in addition depOrted
the whole number of 72 at a per capita of
sly less than the previous year, making
an aggregate saving of $3.50. A.
In addition the board has inspected PIP
lailS, pest houses and lockups, as against
SO inspected by the board of corrections
and charities. and have condemned 20,
as against during the previous year. A
perSuSal OF the report will show that the
total gross savings amount to Sill 900;
from this deduct the expense of the board
OF control for the fiscal year and we have
a balance, as the net saving for the wear
of more than $147 600.
Another interesting table appears in the
report, showing that:
For the year ending July 81, 1900,
there We're five institutions that
1alled to live Within their yearly
appropriation, aggregating a de-
ticieney of S. 900
there were twelve Institutions
that failed to live within their
yearly appropriation, aggre ga ting
a deficiency of more than ~ % 600
For the year ending July 81 1902. there
Were no institutions that did not live
within the annual appropriation, and no
deficiency. On the other hand instead
OF deficiency there was turned back
q 1I1~y-f fao Ofc .
Another table in the report shows that
the entire expenses of the board of con-
troll for the fiscal year are $1,000 less
than those for the eight boards super
seeded
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
While considering the work of this i'm
portant board, permit me to call your at
tention to the conflict between if and
boards having in charge educational in
situations 1t is unbusinesslike and in a
measure destroys efficiency, to have these
b INSTITUTIONS cared tor by more than one
BOARD Because of the attempt to place
state educational institutions under the
management of the board of control much
friction has arisen on account of the i'm
possibility of determining where the au-
thority of one board begins and the other
ceases. l am strongly of opinion that
the management of the university and
the normal schools should be wholly re-
moved from the board of control 1t was
not the intention of those who originally
favored the measure to include them
In other states separate boards control
their, educational Institutions. It is not
for the best interests of these institutions
and besides, the duties of the board Of
control are so onerous in caring for the
other institutions that they cannot prop
erly perform the extra work which is
placed upon them by CHARGING them with
the control of the educati,~ al institutions.
The affairs of the university and normal
schools VIII be safe in the hands of the
regents and the normal school board
In view of the facts stated, and believ-
ing that the best interests of the institu-
tons so demand. l earnestly recommend
the enactment of a law removing the edn-
cational institutions of our state from
the management of the board of control
We find the same difficulty in the man
4gement Of the School for the Deaf and
Bind at Faribault and the State Public
School for INDECENT Children at Owatonna.
TWO boards are unnecessary; in my judg-
ment the board of control should have
the entire management of these institu0
lions. This is in accord with the orig
inal intention. 10
In the report Of the board many recon-
mendat1ons viii be found, and / commend
the report to you for your most careful
consideration. - -