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

The question of insurance rates was
taken up and it was found that the rates
to "a per 800 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 DILIoENT.
1t was argued by many that the board
of corrections and charities should be re-
strained, as it was impossible for the
board of control TO do the work perform
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 Y at a per capita of
$40 less than the previous year, making
an aggregate saving of S1,369 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 81
as against during the previous year. A
persusaI 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
balance, as the net saving for the year
of more than $147 600
Another interesting table appears in the
report, showing that:
For the year ending July 81 1900
there were five institutions that
failed to live within their yearly
appropriation, aggregating a de-
For the year ending July 81. 1901,
there were twelve institutions
that failed to live within their
yearly appropriation, aggregating
deficiency OF more than 49,. %. 900
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
into the treasury the sum of 1854, 1853 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
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 it and
boardS having in charge educational in
situations. 1t is unbusineSSlike and in a
measure destroys efficiency to have these
institutions cared for 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
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
their educational Institutions 1t 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 norma
schools viii be safe in the hands of the
regents and the normal school board.
In view of the facts stated and beliey-
ing that the best interests of the institu-
tions SO demand. 1 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
aag9;ement Of the School for the Deaf and
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 instituo
tons This is in accord with the orig
inal intention. 20
In the report of the board many recon
mendations will be found, and 1 commend
the report to you for your most careful
consideration.