The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-07

The question of insurance rates was
taken up, and it was found that the rates
upon state property ranged from IS cents
to 81 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.
1t was argued by many that the board of
corrections and charities should be re-
tanned, it was impossible for the board
of control to do the work performed by
the former. Look at the results! The
board Of control deported seventy two
nonresident paupers and insane people
during the past year, being twenty-five
more than in the previous one under the
board Of corrections and charities, saving
the state the support Of these people for
| many years to come, and in addition de-
ported the whole number of seventy two
at a per capita of $40 less than the preyi-
Gus year, making an aggregate saving of
| $1,369.44. s, Is. =.
In addition, the board has inspected 212
! jafls, pesthouses and lockups, as against
| ffty-nine inspected by the board of cor
rections and charities, and have con-
demned twenty-three, as against four
! during the previous year. A perusal Of
the report will show that the total gross
savings amount to $171 900; from this de-
| duct the expense Of the board of control
for the fiscal year, and we have a balance,
as the net saving for the year, of more
than $f47, 900. -.,, -.
Another interesting table appears in the
| report, showing that - .zs. = - s.s.
For the year ending July 81. 1900,
there We're five institutions that
| failed to live within their yearly
| appropriations, aggregating a de-
For ''t the year ga ending july 81, 1901 'ooo0o
! there were twelve institutions that
failed to live within their yearly
apEsngg at aFgpesang ooo
For the year ending July 81, 1902: 1''0''''
/ there were no institutions that did
not live within the annual appro- 81
! priation and no deficiency. On the -.
other hand, instead of de- ~.
| fclency, there was turned back into
| the treasury the sum of 154, 753. SO
Another table in the report shows that
the entire expenses of the board Of con-
troll for the fiscal year are $1,000 less thar
those for the eight boards superseded. :
While considering the work Of this i'm
portant board, permit me to call your at
tention to the conflict between 1T ana
boards having in charge educational in
situations. It is unbusinesslike, and in {
measure destroys efficiency, to have these
institutions cared for by more than Oilt
board. Because of the attempt to plact
z state educational institutions under thu
management of the board of control mucl
= friction has arisen on account of the i'm
possibility Of determining where the au
thority Of one board begins and the othe
ceases. l am strongly of opinion tina
the management Of the university and tn,
normal schools should be wholly removed
from the board of control. It was mo
: the intention of those who Eorigina Ivy IA
vored: the measure to include them II
; other states separate boards control thei
: educational institutions It is mot 70
, the best interests Of these institutions
:. and, besides, the duties Of the board Q
control are SO ionerous in caring for tn
= ! other institutions that they cannot prop
erly perform the extra work, which !
, placed upon them by charging them wit
the control Of the educational institutions
: The affairs of the university and norma
schools will be safe in the hands of tn
$ regents and the normal school board: I
! | In view of the facts stated, and be1iev
. ing that the best interests Of the institu
s lions so demand I earnestly recommen
e the enactment Of a law removing the Sedu
g cationa1 institutions Of our state from tn
: management Of a board Of control. :
= We find the same difficulty in the man
agement Of the school for the deaf an
e blind at Faribault and the state publ
: school for INDECENT children at Owatonns
$ Two boards are unnecessary; in my .jude
tlent the board of control should have tn
n entire management Of these institution
@ This is In accord with the original inten
d ton. .s::
d In the report Of the board many recon
y mendations will be found, and I common
Il the report to you for your most caref,
~ consideration.