The copper era., 1909-01-28
TERRITORIAL PRISON.

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 TERRITORIAL PRISON.
 "At the last session of the legisla tive assembly, the removal of the ter ritorial prison from Yuma to Florence was directed. (Chap. or, Laws 1907.)
 "The board of control was charged with the duty of supervision of the construction of the new prison at Florence. An appropriation aggre gating S12O, ,OOO was made to carry out the business of the act, relating to the removal and construction of the prison. This appropriation was not all at once available; S60, ,000 were made available from the tax levy for the year 1907; S3O,OOO for 1908, and S30, 900 for 1909. Practically this made the appropriation available at the rate of S6O,OOO in 1908, S3O,OOO in 1909 and S3O, ,OOO in 1910, as the proceeds of tax levies are not available until early in the year following the year in which the levy is made.
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 "'So far as practical the labor of the convicts now confined, and here after confined, in the territorial pris- on at Yuma, shall be utilized ill con- structing the said territorial prison at Florence, and such portions of said construction work as can not be economically performed by said con- vict labor shall be contracted for to the lowest responsible bidder etc.
 "Aside from the provision of the law that convict labor should be used in the construction of the new prison, if practicable and economical, the board was actuated to provide for as large an employment of convicts in and about that work. as could be done economically, as it is conceded by all who have given such matters any attention that the employment of convicts in some sort of work is desirable.
 "As soon as sufficient of the appro- priat tion could be made available, the board undertook to carry out the provisions of the act.
 ''The detail of what has been done appears in the report of the board of 'ontrol, which I submit to you at this time.
 GENERAL.
 As you will note by the reports on your table, the rate of taxation for territorial purposes has remained as it was in 1906, notwithstanding the large appropriations made by the last session of the assembly for pur- poses other than those merely ad- ministrative. By the development ot our resources and increase of our population, by undertaking new gov ernmental functions and improving the administration of old ones, there is {. natural increase in the total of | expenditure for governmental pur- | poses. The increase of inmates in our various institutions directly in- creases the aggregate expenditures. 1 The cost of supplies, which is a large element in the cost of main- tenance of the asylum for the insane, the territorial school, has been high not only in local but in other mar kets, during the last two years, and ] has tended to increase the cost of the maintenance of those institutions.
 The dilapidated condition of the buildings at many of our institutions, notably of the asylum, the prison and 1 the industrial School, directly tends 1 to increase the cost of maintenance | pairs and replacements, and render l ing actual administration less eco nomical.
 Some increase of expenditure of public money was also made neces sary by increase in salaries, both O territorial, judicial and county officers | The increase annually in salaries to territorial officials, including authorized deputies, was S4,900.
 To justices of the supreme court B, ,5OO
 Ard to various county officers and their deputies S34, 3SO.
 Because of diminution of revenue heretofore derived from gambling licenses, the effect of the increase in salaries of county officers and their deputies has been to prevent the re- du uction of the rate of taxation in some of the counties, notwithstand- ing large increase in the assessable valuation of taxable property.
 A high rate of taxation is not only d burden upon the people, but often operates as a deterrent upon the de- velopment of our resources.
 I simply wish to caution you to scrutinize closely any claims made upon you for appropriations of pub lie money. The practice of economy should be prescribed wherever that is possible; yet may further venture that economy, and a mere refusal to make proper expenditures, are not the same thing.
 DEPOSITS OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
 At the session of the legislature in 1905, provision was made for the de- posit of public funds in banks, which are required to give adeuuate SeCur-