The Nevada County picayune., 1911-01-20
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
 TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY Y
Banking Law.
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 several banks which have since failed would have still beea in existence The depaSItors would e not ] lave lost rhelr d9nt and eo4n degree in the banking institutions Of the 1 state.
 would recommend the passage of bank 1 ing laW that will encourage and uphuitd the i barking interests If the state and will also ! prate.t tho" who place their money in i bank recommend that there be created the office ei state bank examiner whose duty 1 It shall be t1 direct. take charge of when necessary and otherwise control the entire i banking business ot the state. Said sxaml- 10 be appointed hy the governor.
 That for the payment of afi expense necess sary for the carrying out of this law taN l be levied upon the banking interests of the state.
 Insurance Department.
 Under our present system of handling thu 1 insurance matters of the state, the auditor 1 is the insurance commissioner. The audi ! tor office Is one Of the busiest of all the state departments and, in addition to keep i Confederate pensions and insurance matters to look after. With the exception Of an extra stenographer there k practically the same office force in his office now as there was when the population of the state was one.half what il is now. The matters con l neCted with the enforcement of the laws relative to insurance companies have assumed such proportions that t Is almost impossible | for the auditor to give them the attention 1 they should have. l believe you should provide for deputy insurance commissioner 1 to work ia connection with the auditor, and l under hlS supervision. and whose entire time should he given to looking after insur- i ance matters This would work to the ad- vantage of the state well as to the ad. | vantage Of the insurance companies. would l enable us D employ new methods in hand l ling such matters and to look into and rec ommend better laws would relieve the au- l dItor of great deal of work that he does not now have time to attend to properly, and would. in this way. give him more time to more efficiently perform his other duties. i believe you should give this matter your 1 careful consideration and provide for this deputy
 Initiative, Referendum and Recall
 The General Assembly Of 1909 provided ] for the submission to the people of a pro. i posed amendment to our constitution author i lzlug the invocation, when necessary, of the i initiative and referendum This proposed amendment. Nh. e. was voted at the i September election. 1910. carried by a cons'Itutauai majority and will he an npunced lE your body To carry into effect the provisions of this amendment, it will i be necessar, for you to pass enabling act i S'ttHg t7rth ID dttaiI the manner of putting 1 to practical usage the initiative and refer, cndHm. l recommend that this enabling act set ont faiy the form of petition for both i the initiative and referendum. the form of i the sheet f8r securing signatures; who may 1 sign said petition the publication and dis trltutIous ef the text of the measure to be initiated or referred the sample ballot: the l argument for and aealAsti the canvass of l the vote on the measure the duties of the l secretary of state. the governor and other i officials, together with such penalties for vto- I iatton ef thlS act you may deem just and proper. This act should SO carefully set i forth all these details that they may be l easily understood and that future trouble 1 Tn connection with the same may be avoided. also reeommeud that you provide for the i submission of amendment to the consti. i tutIon providing for the recall.
 A Better Revenue System.
 Prior to #l9u2, no department was charged i with the duty of supervising the admnistra ton of the revenue laws of the state The state lad Department of Mines Mauufac. turcs and Agriculture. an Auditing Depart ment, a School Department, Railroad Com mission, and various other departments. each dependtHt upon taxation for its support. department to see to the enforcement of l the taxing laws and to study the revenue ! system with the view of correcting existing evils was believed to be urgently demanded, and upon my recommendation the legislature ] ot 1909 passed law creating a 1aV Com mission and imposing upon 1t the following I duties
 l ]. The work of assessing railroads. tele- 1 graph. cypress and sleeping ear camuau1ss.
 8ae supervision df the enforcement ! of tho taViuc laws of the state and of the i local asSegsine and eaaafizire officers The power to equalize the assessments ! of the state as between counties and parts i countess and as between the several i classes of property subject tu taxation.
 | The investigation If conditions ip iBs ard other states with the view of finding the causes af rNl~fire evils and the remedies that ouEht t1 he appbcde
 The legislature adjourned without making ] provision for tAe Uafuteuaur of the com l mission. Incidentally the Tax Commission
 
 assessment of a board consisting of the gov eruor secretary of state and the auditor, i of the property of the railroads express. telegraph and sleeping rar companies. l succeeded in fudiu: three men who were wiling to take tbe appointment as members af the commjssi8f5= a,sume the bur. i denS and Responsibilities incident thereto, 1 and wait until the meeting ot the next leeIs- i .ature for pay for their services. On May i lS, 1900. appointed as members of the comm q an. for the term of two years, J. F.. 'lamRtan of R8Has County. for the term of four years. brz \ r. Moore. of Faulkner County, and for the term of six l years David X Gates, of Desha County l The comuIIss at once organized and took up the work of oSsessing the railroads IT. 1 August. 1909. pr Moore resigned and | i appointed to the place vacated by hin. i L. NJ. Burge, of Reuton County.
 Game and Fish Laws. There still remains in the state of Ar i be preserved both far ihe profit 10 ourselves i and for the enjoyment of future generations IT., IT. .1 IS m many many instances being ruthiessly ! the destruction and practically the extermi. i nation of the prairie chickens which We're ! formerly found ou our prairies in large numbers A few ycarS since all of our wa. l ters were teeming with the finest of game 1 fish. There were quail in all the fields and i squirrels il all the woods In the mere un. I settled portions. deer and other large game 1 ahouHded. Today there not so mai4y fish l m our streams; quail are becoming scarce and there ate fewer squirreIs II is seldom that we hear of deer bring killed We I should proht by the experience of the olae, 1 states IT th1s regard. At one time there ] were plenty of game fish in all of them bat ! they @ffe practically destroyed before tfe ] peaple, woke up to the situation and passed ! sHia1Ie legl> latlou Oft the subject Ne 1 sA'nld at this time take the proper steps l to protect the fish and gam of Arkansas.
 Railroad Demurrage Bill.
 If the railroads are allowed to charge ] thelr patrons demrraee on freight Iaft in i their cars ater d certain time after delivery l nt place of destinat ,r. thc railroads them i selves ought to be liable to their patrons i for the noudehyrry 4t all freight within ] reasonable time aite~ delivery tp them 1 iruSt that !9u will examine thls subject care l t"llE and If you find there are any defects ] iH the law We now have m connection wIfh this matter which prevents The pr5ctiea' working at the oct, that you correct same so that the citizens of Che state may be i fairly treated un this subject