The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-20

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destroyer OF the pence and prosperity
or our people, and yon or state leg.
islhinrc. and you atone. can curb this
practice. which can have hut one ul,i.
mate end
convent nlso suggests that hereaf-
Yer the taxes br divided into semi an
hhal payments
Temporary Relief.
Inc present tax payment will become
nrnn1ueui ana penalty attach on Feb
ruarF lst In responGe 10 the petitions
OF many people recommend an sxten-
slon OF this time TIL April 18th
State Taxes.
Your state officers have, from the be-
ginning, strenuously worked for economy
and we challenge the world TO show any
ministritlon. The first year of state
hood. although our state constitution
snthorized g maximum levy Of three and
half mills. We made the levy one ana
one fourth mills ana this. supplemented
by Incomes from other sources. would
nave fully provided the cost OF state gov
eminent. had not our other legitimate
/ revenues been Withheld by the public
service corporations, protected by the in
functions Issued by federal courts The
second year Of statehood being the year
lO.'. our tax levy was two and one-half
mills Hcing double the levy Of the first
year, ] deem u proper 20 call your at
s.cn,ion 70 the public records Of the
required tho second year than the rrst
ycar u IS as follows.
~ order OF tho legislature at IT. last
session. the st,te made a lcvv OF one
rourth OF one min. not for state purposes.
bnt for distribution TO ala the common
n''.s of the state. heing .utcudcd n
h"lp the weak country districts).
Also. In the building of the pubu,
BUILDINGS Of the state the Attorney Gen
,rM decided that certain Of the public
building bills Wero not definite enough
I'm their expression 20 require the pay
mont for tho buildings TO Doe made out ~
the proceeds OF the sale of public build
ing Land ana therefore that they must Ia
Ltld Tor "ut OF the stat" tax revenues.
THIS e0ualled practically onothcr ono
fpurth OF one mill and then the def. !
clencies IN the FIRST years governmental
expenses occasioncd as above stated by
the tying up Of franchise. gross produc-
tion and special privilege t1V"s by de- /
cree Of tho federal court. It became nec-
"'sdrN bV this years tax levy to make
an additional levy OF substantially one !
min To- take the place OF these unpaid |
corporation taxes, SO that from these rec /
otls in tho state Auditors Office " VIII |
70" observed that Tor tho expenses of
mis- years government the statc tax |
,"NN IT, iu fact one n,iIl only; and I have |
hero Tho pleasure Of advising YOUR Hon |
"illlc BldV and the people OF OK lnhoma /
That 30 ls possible Hv the enactment ~ /
utilo additional Legislation. which shall /
'ItHcr herein or iu subsequent messages, !
i9'nlt l'r Your 'HnS.d"rtiuu for us 20 |
or'r1N the entire cNp,n-, of state gov
"rnucnt with no direct tax lew what. |
ever FOR state purposes.
Tho office Of tho Secretary Of state. un-
Ger our nov corporation laws of your |
i"-t legislature. the oT'rp of state nsur-
'nrr commissioner. under the beneficial |
provisions of the Constitution. are both !
turning into the state. greatly increased |
i"'ondcs aud with some added provis-
Ions made 10 tho collections made
through the auditor OF the state. We shall .
hone, Ia case you concur with mo I'm
passing tho legislation. which | DO here
now ana hereafter recommend. to derive
tn" entire expense Of state government
from the special privileges, franchises
corporations and other incomes SO as TO
relieve the people OF the state wholly
iron, tire levy OF any tax for state pur.
poses.
Real Estate Apprslsements.
lhe appraisement of Real Estate for
tax valuation every twelve months f. a
tremendous and unnecessary expense.
] recommend that real estate valuations
y" made once every four years and
that new improvements only he appraised
as personal property during intermediate
years.
School Land Department
The School Land Department Of tho
state Includes. At the present time four
departments. First-thc Land Leasing
department.. Second the Farm Mortgage
department.. Third-thc Land Selling
department and Fourtll-the Quintennlal
Nppraisciucnt Department. The present
method OF conducilrr those departments
and paving the expense and salaries
r''rk hlr" and incidental rNpruses H. bv |
direction of the nolrd uI Land Cnmmts- |
and l' IN" same method ~ practlcsf
dWlnC the entire history OF this dep1rt- |
mont und"r ~" Government OF Oklahoma
I"rrtory There are some who believe
ihot the .egisl0tur" should pass A 'lw. |
recognizing the several official and cler-
iyal positions required for tie conduct
~ this d"n1rtmcut ANA make 1prropra-
tons for tho payment of their sllpries
ANA incidental expenses. n win he re-
tm'uherod thft at every former session
%. the legislature. I hlN, submitted fhis
same question aud askcd the Legislature
ON each such occasion tu use IL, own
iudrm"nt fr"" FROM any advice from mo
Js ia whether the old oklahoma Terr,-
torinl m'thod should be continued or ,
whether now method should he adopt. ,
e. ] say here again as | have said be-
ror,, ror,,s tn't rs matter matter 81 dollars and !
VIII max" No difference whatever. II I
the "Nrensc OF conducting this depart :
llent + paid on; " the state treasury ,
L would .dl that much additional bur | (
len Ia the cost of state government but I
would leave a similar larger amount or /
r3ney To- he distributed tor common 4
he old territorial method H. continued Il
yin reduc" the amount of money to bc
hSrihnted FOR common school purposes ,
md will - he same extent reduce the ,
'mount ~ tho cost Of stat. government. ,
Z is simply Il matter o! swppping dol v
ans aud ! have no opinion To express. /,
''al be content with what the legslt-
ure decides is proper in this regard and
therefor" again submit II to YOU FER |.
consideration At this session and IN do '
nr ~ beg to advise YOU that within g
"w DAYS there VIII b, ready for Your a
nnSideratiop q separate report NJ TO the y
niprs ana expenses Of each one OF the O
our subdivisions Of tho schoo, Land r
apartment above mentioned. but | am
ow prepared 10 give rou some general
csults Of three ~ said subdivision $
and Leasing Department.. II
Eor your information we give Nou tho a
,St two full years ~ territorial govern y
',nt with its expenses and results and q
1c first two full calendar wears of state J.
oNcrnment with it, expenses and results q
'ectivcd from the leasing Of "
public lands year 1908 ...... sial AIS. 90 u
expenses for the ye1r.......... 22.SSbl3 n
he expenses being 40 percent OF the u
ross receipts ~
or the wear 1900. Rec eipts si35 s2G % 4
Expenses .................... oaTss O3 81
he expense being lGl percent NJ the "
ross receipts. N