Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-12
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special TO Times Republican.
1,e. Mo,nes. Jan. 12-The first Pc.
3 eition or remonstrance presented 10 the
iesi.lature was from Ringgold county
protestinK against the present road
law. and was presented by Bailey. The
only business in the house or senate TO-
day was that of providing for addition
al employees. extra police, elevator men,
. etc. Speaker Clarke was allowed spe-
cial clerk and he named Arnold Brown
of Usage. for the place, while Lieuten-
ant Governor Herriott appointed Jamss
II. Wilson as his private secretary. Inc
house and senate each were allowed
four committee clerks for the s:ssion.
The Message.
The house and senate .iet in joint
session tits afternoon and received the
message. Many favorable comments
were heard on the message. 1t was re-
9arded AZ one of the best ever sent to
an Iowa legislature.
Governor Cun1mins in opening his
message referred to the various re-
ports Of officers and bureaus and COM
missioners which are submitted with
his message. He then turned imedi-.
ately to the subject OF state finances
and presented briefly the recent fnan-
ciai transactions of the state, with
S estimate Of the. probable recetptS and
expenditures for the remainder of the
present biennial period. He stated that
! che assessable value OF all the taxable
property in the state for 1903 was
S637, ,937. 3s6. and It Is not probable
It win be materially changed in the
1 eeming two years 1t is not difficult to
discover what additional revenue an
Increased rate Of taxation will yield.
His recapituiation OF the financial
statement Is as follows:
Cashon hand. Dec. 81. 1908 81, ,1ss,754.5s
Estimated receipts to Dec.
u, 1s1f ................ 2,s0o,30o.0o
s4,oss,o54.5s
Uhpaid balancer state In
stitutfons ...$ 214,694.02
I Unpaid balances. general 419,s0s.50
Estimated expenditures to
Dec. 81. 1904 2.52s,2lo.oo
s3.162.712.52
Balance Dec. 81. 1904. rs sss.s42.o4'
Carrying the computation thru 1905.
assuming the same general cost of adj
minisfration, and we have this result:
Balance Jan. 1. 1905 >. IS sS6,si2.0i
4 T9o~ni,fs <nr tho vpar as.
timated =. ............. 2,900,S00.0O'
ss,sss.e4e.o4
Expenditures, emitting
$780, for general es-
sembly and adding $1o.-
900 for census on the
plan now authorized ..$2.40s.210.o0
s1.42S.432.04
The conclusion Is that after provid-
ing for the state government and Its
institution upon the basis now exist
ing. making no allowance for addi-
tions. betterments, renewals or repairs,
except as now expressly authorized by
the statute, and upon the hypothesis
of three mill general levy, 1t would
be unwise to appropriate for purposes
not taken into account IN tne foregoing
table more than si.4oo.ooo to be paid
! In 1904 and 1905.
The governor also recommends that
the state repositories be required tc
pay interest on state funds in their
hands as the average monthly baiance
: in the repositories selected by the
treasurer during the last year has been
more than s1,000.0o0
Insurance.
cell especial attention to that part
of the auditors report relating 70 in
s,irance. In the development of
state. the supervision OF insurance
companies which has been given 10 the
auditor, has become the most impor-
tant work of his office. The interests
involved are not only large, but they
deeply concern a great number OF our
people. ] was formerly of the opinion
that an independent insurance depart-
ment should be created. but have
changed my mind. and now believe