Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-02-01

It's lepoIA suoAiu Dc Jdtibhu w tHS Tvs
stature / tshpnld then be submitted
to the voters OF the state for their
ratification or rejection at either q
general Or special election. am not
In favor Of attempting to finally dis
pose Of this important question with
out the approval of a majority OF the
voters Of the state.
State Board Of Control.
The legislature OF 1903 created the
State Board OF Control with full pow
er to manage, direct, control and gov
ern the West Virginia Hospital for
the Insane at Weston, Second Hos
pital for the Insane at Spencer, West
Virginia Asylum at Huntington, Min
ers Hospital No. / WEIGH, Miners
Hospital No. 2 at McKendree, Miners
Hospital No. 3 at Fairmont, West Fir-
ginia ~Penitentiary at Moundsville,
West Virginia Reform School at
Pruntytown, West Virginia Industrial
Home for Girls at Salem, West Vir-
ginia Schools for Deaf and Blind at
Romney, and the control of the finan-
eial business affairs Of our edueation-
al institutions, namely. West Virginia
University at Morgantown, West Vir-
ginia Agricultural Experiment sta
ton at Morgantown, Preparatory
Branch Of the West Virginia Uniyer-
sity at Montgomery, Preparatory
Branch OF the West Virginia Univer-
sity at Keysef, Marshall College
/ state Normal School at Huntington
Fairmont State Normal School at
Fairmont, West Liberty state Normal
School at West Liberty, Genville
State Normal School at Chenille,
Shepherd College State Normal
School at Shepherdstown, Concord
State Normal School at Athens, West
Virginia Colored Institute at lnsti-
tute and Blueheld Colored Institute at
B~luefeld, and the legislature of 1911
gave to this board full power to man
age, direct, control and govern the
State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Ter
ra Alta and the West Virginia Colored
Orphans Home at Huntington.
In addition to the institutions here
tofore named the legislature of 1911
by it's appropriation bin provided that
4 appropriations for the West Virginia
Humane Society, Kings Daughters
and City Hospitals at Martinshurg.
Storer College at Harpers Ferry, State
Board OF Agriculture, State Geological
and Economic Survey, Semi Genten-
NAL Commission, West Virginia In
dustriai School, Seminary and Col,
lege at Hill Top, education of coIored
teachers and appropriation to the city
of Moundsville for should be ex-
pended at the direction and upon the
approval of the State Board of Con
trolfsaE Il FlE33A
Change Of Fiscal Year.
fFkI recommend that the law be amend,
ed so that the fiscal year for state pur-
poses shall end June 80 instead of
September Both. There are many rea,
sons why this change should be made.
First, it would give to officers more
time in which to prepare and have
printed their biennial reports, As it
is now the members of the legislature
see but few reports becaose they are
not printed. All this work comes in
after the Both OF September and it is
almost an impossibility to have the
reports printed by the time your SEES
sion begins. Second, If this change
is made the state officers and boards
would not be required once every two
years TO do business for six months
on antieiuated appropriations but
would know the amount appropriated
before the money had been expend-
ed. There are many other reasons
why this change should be made but
which ] deem it unnecessary to set
out at length in this message. i you
/ lOlAuN tnio tAbltiiituAiAiR ~ WI w
necessary in your appropriation bill
to make appropriations this time for
two years and nine months instead Of
two years as heretofore, and succeed
ing legislatures win make %appropria-
tions for two years without providing
for any anticipations.
Needs of Our State institutions.
| shall not go into detail as TO the
needs of our state institutions because
these matters will be brought to your
attention by members of the State
Board OF Control and other state OH
cials, but I deem ii important to say
that II OF the crying needs of our
state institutions is additional lands
and the erection Of new buildings, The
p%enitentiary, our boys reform school,
our girls industrial home and our ed
ucational Institutions as well as at