The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-02-11
BOARD OF CONTROL
BILL IS IN SENA TIE
Provides For a Board Of
Three to Look After the
State Institutions.
lBy Charles Brooks Smith


CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. o.
The State Boardsof Control bill was in
troduced by Senator Hatfield. This is
the bill, which was composed at the
instigation OF Goyernor-elect Glass
cock. and which contains the fruits
OF his trip of investigation to the
States public institutions. 1t has the
cordial approval ana will have tbs
hearty influence of Governor Dawson
toward putting It through. The Board
of Control is to be composed of three
men. each of whom shall devote his
entire time to his duties, shall live at
the seat of government. and shall re-
ceive $4,000 year. The first three
to be appointed. will begin service
July I. 1903. ana serve for two. four
and six years After that each shall
serve for u term OF SIX years. They are
appointed by the Governor. and are to
Z have complete and direct charge of
h every. institution except the educa-
tional Institutions. making all con-
! tracts. handling all moneys. and have
full and unduestioned authority In
management. They are allowed cleri-
cal assistants and offices in the capt.
tol. and one member must visit an
institution each month. and the whole
board each institution not less than
every six months. Elaborate rules are
!. laid down governing their official dut-
F4es. The bill creates State Board
!sof Regents. who will have charge of
the educational institutions. and shall
receive $1,000 n year. but the fiscal
affairs of these institutions are to be
under the management of the State
Board of Control. The bill covers
nineteen printed pages and is a very
thorough and minute document. 1t
does away with the entire directing sSs-
tenn which is now In vogue and which
has been such source OF expense
and dissatisfaction to the State The
abolishing OF this system and the in
stallation of this new scheme. even
with the salaries stipulated in the bill
means n large saving to the state in
the matter of salaries and per diem
as now paid out.
Another Hatfield hill which has stir
red up strife in the Senate is one
THAT changes the present system of
fregistrntion to this extent: 1t adds to
ethe present law clause which pro-
vides that there Shall be at each poll
ing place on election day registrar
who shall register any lawful voters
/ whom theSfegistrars had missed get
ting on stheir books or whose name In
some manner had been left off the re-
gistration lists. Those opposing the bill
say that its effect would be to make the
present registration law weak and in
effectual: Senator Hatfield claims that
1t ends to strengthen the present law
and make 1t more satisfactory to the
public; that it doesn't injure 1t in
any way. Another Hatfield bill is his
so-callcd primary election bill, which is
mis-named. 1t is bill which governs
the holding of party conventions. This
bill has strong supporters in the per-
sons of those who are dead opposed to
a direct primary election law.
strothers joint resolution calling
for an amendment to the constitution
providing that legislators shall be paid
six dollars day and the session Of
legislatures shall be slxty-five days,
after numerous attempts to amend it.
and after considerable debate. finally
went to its third reading in the House
Attempts to amend it ealing for $3.50.
$3.50 and 5000 a year failed. The
notary license bill was also sent to it's
third reading with an amendment ex-
tending the life of a SIS. notary license
to ten years instead of six as at first
provided. j