Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-10
TO THE
y FoR1Y-FouRrH|
: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF MISSOURI

10 tne F~Orty-Fourth General Assembly
The making Of laws for . yrea. com.
monwealth is a great undertaking.. You
naSe 'G mos, 70 ia ,Hs fSs"e eon q ySnI 'a Sis.
tlon. and In morals Is second TO none.
Every city. county, township and town IL
advancing In material resources and In
population. You have come at a time
much much Viii WHIT bo e ex neeaea Of % y os '9 your I fei
sponcibility is large. for you meet in the
beginning of the great era Of government
into effect this idea in this commonwealth
must come. from you. 1t. Is for. you to
srys,alize the Missouri spirit of law en-
forcemcnt into effective statutes. 1t liz
my province to suggest measures for
your consideration, to adopt, or not. as
people. i would not have You. II
own. My views may not. always be your
will be the honest sentiments OF one
man sincerely expressed with the welfare
OF the people alone in mind.
Finances.
The finances Of the state were never In
better condition. On the first day OF Jam
uary, 1908. there was an available cash
funds Of 81. $50. $50. IS, Including ss74. 5ss.s5
In the revenue fund. and on the oath day
Of December. 1905. there was an available
cash balance In the state treasury OF
funds, including ss54:6s92e in The rev;
snue .u fmr hs ,Otai inJoLhe Iron NJ M
cember gath. 1906, was 81. l0s. I 6.65. the
Thare 10 - hnianca ~ III y oSy AZ" IN nov;
on hand r Ha'a rece,nt. ~ ihs rc,s my
nn,m,aa nnoan,,umy snJW,n T., ,ho .,otn IVhiIa
thIs haionce 4. large The demnnd. fnr
onn,nnria. inn Iii nllv ia arWo,
than. before. and caution should be exer-
appr0priations ns heretofore, A surplus
i, better than n dcncit. Wine lIberaiiiy
tons. extrnvagance should be constantly
S..arded against.
EatImated Income.
rhe state auditor estimatc the total
,.ceints INTO Tho state revenue fund Tor
tho rns,,inp bicnninI ncriod will he about
"A ,I65. 900. 90. The appropriations should
le kept within the limits Of the estimated
revenues, the surplus, Of course, being
taken into consideration.
Collateral inheritance Tax,
During tho ,,ast twn Years tho coliott-
s5Is. sG5' OF. This is for the banefit Of tho
Statc Jinivorai,v ana 4. MAD. avo,i,hie
Nv iepjslativc n1nrnnr,a lion. The income
rom his tax vnrics rrrntiv fram v"ap to
venr and "s n cnnsc,,,i"nce th" iH,niver.
sitv cannot count definitely on any nxcd
s tn hav vrot hi. !" tax q aI We o i int" t R".i reyt n1nn
fund and a regular appropriation made
wi Lag Nv '''""' '"''
Departments.
Loan, Mines and Mining, FACTORY beer
Inspection. Dairy Commissioner, Insur-
anc",, Game Warden and Aujntant Gen
their duties, Each OF these departments
viii submit for our consideration a de-
tailed report OF ITS work for the past two
years. 80 that 1t Will DC unnecessary to
review each one now.
The Building and Loan Department re-
ports that there are I2i building and loan
associations in Missouri, with an Increase
of assets in 1906 OF $i52, 1893. Is, For the
Grut lima a, tI. ,,,at l,.l. .-.. ....
not a failure in 1905 or 1906. such asso-
on the local basis, the national plan hav.,
ing been disastrous. ON Septeinbrr Ist.
1906, the total assets Of such associations
in Missouri were IS. ls6,s,o.06.
To Inc 81 great imnnrtnn" nee ~ ,hn s ,s.n -
The wnrk of th,t ,I,na ~ m.nt ,t,,r,pp u"t'ihu w.
mai Two ycars in srptrrtinw n ni n u
.rs and IN cxnn,IGrr ,nJe,i r,tI.! n m
n,nir. from III" .tntn l,. t,aa, 80, 1 nn
mendablc. The two Der cent tax col
,te.eI from ,o me insurance companies for
which sum has been turneI over -" H..
.tnta ,ronnrr", ~. ra,mt vi me
ssiiMha AZ t tnia as reamlrsa by law Ne
partment from The various COMMA nins ~
ane year l'Vo UP nc 10 nccember LIST,
'i'oad d, s'r,ouyv". ~md'n ms peeii
partmcnt fund in the rr.nsnrv ", H.
Ssn,. tn ~ 'nu ~, msnSuiy VI tne
20 vi,,, w , w. ~ insurance ~ one
farms 81 innurancs tba ne p1%a' !, Tor al
100 ,n, H. ~ d nnTSotnaoo ", niisSourl
Raid durinH the year 1908 500 s6.3 1902. For
naid t" rn,nnn nin. n InphG mere Was
pnm ~, eru aun ~ uuhh'eicu IN otheT
snaitS >iyaIo". t1G'oi, tmc amount paid
hat ncrio% SIS -, az 70 IA = durins
tisa,i'ns Of the conduct Of some Of the
sasa' ,nsuinrue Gonipaniss during the
Si trust on ~. part OF the onicers and
uiroe'prs oi thesc companies. These