The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-05

WOULD CHANCI
STAT METHODS
fOVefnor Of Minnesota Pro-
poses Many Reforms.
fAYORS COMMISSION IDEA
Plans to Put All State Bureaus Under
Five. Distinct Departments, to Be
Made Up Of the o-ordinate Branch
es Of Observation-Disclosures Depar-
ture From Present Methods in the
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Administration Of Public Domain.
st. Paul, Dec. 5. Construction of
new departments, the elimination of
old ones and a general revision of the
state government of Minnesota is in
cluded in the elaborate plan being out
lined by Governor Eberhart. Despite
the protests of politicians who do not
wish their friends removed from polit-
ical jobs the governor is going for
ward in his work of reconstruction.
The plan as now outlined will provide
for five coordinate branches of gov
eminent, to be divided as follows:
Department of public domain; depart
ment Of health and safety; depart
ment Of education; department of
transportation; department of rev
enue and accounting. ST. -.
The greatest change will be made
in the administration Of the depart
ment of public domain For instance,
the governor proposes appointing a
commissioners to take charge of the
public lands. He proposes another
commissioner for the department of
mines and minerals and another to
take charge of water resources and
still another for public parks and
buildings. A forestry commissioner is
proposed, to have supervision over
timber, fire protection, reforestation
and surveying of logs and lumber.
Also, beneath the department of pub
lie domain. will be the supervision of
game and fish immigration. These
two departments now exist, but will
be changed to a department of public
domain. %~' :. :. . .--.>.. D..
j In the department of public health
and safety will be the board of health,
the live stock sanitary board, the SUI
pervision of the sanatorium for con.
sumptives, the labor commissioner
and the dairy and food commissioner.
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The boiler inspectt will be placed
under the supervision of the labor
commissioner and the authority of the
dairy and food commissioner extend
cd to include oil inspection. The ad-
jiitant general will also come under.
this general department, as will the
insurance commissioner and fire mar
shall. ta@91
In the department of education most
rsu1e.~1 <nges arc nrOnOsod - Gov.
ernOr Eberhart would nanIo-: nd
Of education, to consist of three Of the
biggest educators to be found, one
versed in agriculture, one in indus
trial training and one who has thor
ough knowledge of the development of
rural schools. -.
This board will be expected to take
charge of all public schools of the
state, the schools for the deaf, dumb
and blind and the public school at
Owatonna to which children are sent
who have no means of support. Even
tually, the governor said, the state
normal school and state university
will be placed under control OF this
board. The buildings occupied will
be managed as heretofore, by the
board of control
In the department Of revenue and
accounting would come the tax com.
mission, public examiner and supertn-
tendent of banks. There would not
necessarily be changes in department
heads here, but the idea would be to
place them where they would be in
closer touch and cooperate with each
other in their administrative powers.
The department Of transportation
would include the railroad commits
sion, broadening its power to provide
supervision over telegraph and tele
phone properties.