Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27

does not appear to be any accession
for such an excessive number OF at
tendants for this purpose. The mum.
ber Of extra janitors and elevator
tenders employed during the session OF
the Thirty-fifth General Assembly
amounted to twenty -four at cost OF
$5.339.79 over and above the remunera-
tion of the four permanent janitors and
two elevator tenders, and. as there are
only four elevators, the employment OF
two extra elevator tenders and four
extra janitors for each session OF the
legislature ought to be sufficient to
cope with the whole OF the additional
work.
The curtailment Of expense by re-
ducing the number Of clerks and extra
help is estimated at $21.420 for each
session, or half that per annum. No
estimate is made in terms Of currency
as to the saving from legislative ref
erence bureau, but that would take in
the cost of litigation caused by ill ad-
vised and badly drafted law.
judiciary Hit.
The recommendations as to shake
up in the judicial procedure are those
made by William r. Vance, dean OF the
college of law, University Of Minnesota,
in an address to the South Dakota bar
association. The present cost to the
state of the judicial system is $780,
655.65 for the biennial period.
In the matter Of effecting economics
in the executive departments of the
state chief reliance is placed on the re-
organization of the motor vehicles de-
partment, adoption Of the British
Therman unit system Of buying the
slack coal for the state house heating
plant. changes at the heating plant. the
contract system of having the state
printing done and adoption Of photo
graphic copies for some of the state
documents. But in addition it is
recommended that the window en-
velopes' be adopted and addressing
machines in all offices. the carbon copy
system for receipts and all papers in
duplicate and the adopting Of debating
machines to take places of the steno-
graphere.
1t is not claimed that the big re-
organization scheme for centralized
government will effect any money saw
ing. THE adoption Of the proposed
basic plan of reorganization would also
result in greatly increased efficiency in
all branches of the government" say
the experts. but in view Of the fact
that several increases in the number
of employees may be necessary and also
that the salaries of the members of
the new executive council will have to
be provided for, we do not consider 1t
wise TO estimate any savings here
under in terms of currency"
The Budget system.
One Of the most striking features of
the proposed plan is tha, of adoption of
the budget system in the new finance
department On this the report says:
The term 'buGget' is used indis-
crir1inately in this country to signify
any estimate of future financial opera
tions, receipts and of payments. in
come or expenditure, and also in
the case Of state and municipalities
the acts Of appropriations; but when
used TO signify a system Of financial
control, as in this case, its meaning is
much more comprehensive. Thus in
France, Germany and other
where true budget system
obtains. the term indicates the sum-
married. financial statement submitted
by the responsible head of the execu-
tive branch of the government to the
branch. rejecting the
operating results for the previous
period together With the present finan-
c:ai position, and containing definite
as 10 the financing of
the ensuing fiscal period Therefore the