Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-01-10
FORTY-FOURTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or MISSOURI

city 81 Jefferson. January "a, 1907.
To the Forty-Fourth General Assembly
The making Of laws for a great com
monwealth In n great undertaking. You
have come 20 tsta scenes Of your laoorn
/ under most favorable conditions Mia
souri, 10 prospecting In wealth. In popula-
| ton. and ia morals In second 20 none.
Every city eounty. township and town u
| population. You have come at n time
when much IL needed to be done. and
| much will be expected Of you. Your re-
sponsibility Is large, for you meet IN the
| beginning OF the great era OF government
| by the people. and the measures 20 carry
into effect this idea In this commonwealth
! must come from you. II IL for you TO
| crystnllze the Missouri spirit OF law en-
forcement into effective statutes. IL IL
! my province to suggest measures for
| your consideration. 70 adopt or not. nn
| In your judgment may seem best for the
TSId my not hnSs yGIS FOR Your
/ own. My views may not always be your
\ views, but the opinions | shah give you
man sincerely expressed with the welfare
Of the people alone In mind.
| The finances 81 the state were never ia
| better condition. ON the first day Of jan
uary, 1905. there was an available cash
| funds Of 81. $50. $50 rs. Including iSil .5S9 Sc
1 Ia the revenue fund. and on the gath day
OF December. 1906. there was an available
| cash balance In the state treasury OF
] 81 222.s.v.lo. belonging to the various
funds. Including Sb5I'0s92s in the rev.
| enue fund. The total income from all
cembcr 2ith. 1906, was tli.l0S, 1865. the
| total disbursements being ul ,003, 0sO69.
on hand Tine receipts OF the treasury
show healthy growth. due to increased
| population and wealth Of the state. While
: this balance is large. the dem nds for
| appropriations will probably be greater
| than before. ana caution should be cNcr-
clsed. and economy practiced IN making
! is better than a deficit Whine llberallty
| should be shown all OF the state institu-
| tons, extrnvagance should be constantly
guarded against.
Estimated Income.
| The state auditor estimates the total
! receipts into the state revenue fund for
J 7lG5 10000, The nppropria tons should
4 bc kept within the limits uf the estimated
| revenues, the surplus, OF course, being
/ taken into consideration.
Collateral Inheritance Tax.
During the past two years the collatt-
| eral Inheritance tax has amounted to
| state University, ana is made available
! by legislative appropriation. The income
from this tax varies greatly from year 10
| sity cannot count definitely on any fixed
! sum from H. II would be better plan
/ 20 have this tax diverted into the revenue
| fund and a regular appropriation made
| Tor the University from the revenue fund.
| Departments.
| The departments OF Labor, Building and
| Loan, Mines and Mining, Factory, Beer
| Inspection. Dairy Commissioner. Insur-
ancc, Game Warden and Auiutnut Cen
esal have been well managed by capable
! their duties. Each OF these departments
Will submit for YOUR consideration de-
tailed report Of It's work for the past two
/ years. 80 that IL Will be unnecessary to
| review each one now.
| The Building and Loan Department re-
| ports that there are i2i building and loan
"a In HlVl aHINh Inc
! Of assets In 1906 OF tt52. 399 rs. For the
| nrst time In the past decade there was
not a failure 10 1905 or 1906. Such asso-
! Citations In this state are now entirely
on the local basis. the national plan hay-
| ing been disastrous. on September LIST.
| 1906. the total assets OF such aBsoClat lions
/ In Missouri were 81. lSs. 5000.
The Insurance department has grown
[ 70 be OF great Importance TO the people.
! The work OF that department curing the
/ past two years in protecting policy hold
| era and In eNpelling undesirable com
| panies from the state has been most com
| mendable. The two per cent tax COLI
| lected from the insurance Companies FOR
| the year 1900 amounts To $isa OG6 90
which sum has been turned over to the
| state treasurer as required by Law. Be-
| sides this, the fees collected by this de-
partment from the various companies for
the year 1906 up 10 December LIST.
| placed To the credit Of the insurance de-
| partment fund In the treasury Of the
| state. The question OF Insurance Is one
forms OF Insurance the people OF Missouri
| paid during the wear $50, ksO Gag y05 Eor
life Insurance premiums alone there was
paid to companies dOmicIled In other
| hack Ia MIssouri uoiicv- bclds,s d,,,rits.
that period was tI.577.7s2.65 The inves.
| legations OF the conduct ~ some ~ Inc
great inslrancs comnanles during shc
past two years developed many abuses
directors OF these comnaniss frbasa
nb,lses IL is claimed are heins, ;,,ras,.,J
Through the artIon ~ IRE ,,ssrIc,,s sts.s
| Insurance cummissioners NJ ire Jfnts.S
States, certain iaws have peen reanm-
| mended that 4 Commend 10 xNi,r s.cnsii-
Grafton: 'NN'
a standard polia1 act for use ~ all u,o
| Insurance. comma Mes - ~ ~ " va 'ie
An annual aDDortionmcnt act, 20 re-
quire NE insurance companies either TO
| 10y aI,hual uiNidenas. or credit the
nnii59uht . .si.u 20 We dlHerent pnlicy-
hoidefs, Ihls act would limit sne amount
=, surplus iu when tns companies are per-
Hit.sa 70 Isea i,li,, IN Y, tneir trcaanries.
an Ae' pIOhlDlung dlscrimlnatlon and
ISDStinb between Hsehis ana policy hold