Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-14
Every Detail Of Legislation De-
manded for Different De-
patments Of Government is
Gone Over,
WOULD RESTRICT DEMON
RUM IN NARROW LIMITS
Taxation System and County
Salaries Come in for Ex-
bauStiye Treatment; Travel
ing Auditor Praised.


/ Donald today transmitted his messag,
I to the two houses Of the legislature
! II ia lengthy document. dealing with
/ every phase of the states need as the
governor sees them An abstract oi
+ it j. az follows
After calling the attention Of a.,
legislature 10 tho Importance of The
labora before Il ana the need of con.
aifhctive and remedial legislation. the
7 governor declares that economy and
efficiency 10 state government are
/ prime essentials in the administration
4 oi public affairs. zone of our great
CT evils, he says. lis extravaganza
I running from the individual through
all our governmental activities frcm
municipal 70 national Where 10
draw the line between the hieh and
low marx is most important 81 gov-
eminent az well ms ia business"
Tho message summarizes the ex-
pcnses ~ the state government for
the last year which were approx
maieN $s95, 900 as against sG13.000
FOR 1871. the last year Under torri-
torial government, asserts that nearly
/ al Of this Is accountable directly 10
the necessities Of our state govern
ment tnat have to be met hy the
state. and concludes that the total
cost to the state has not been much
over that for the territory when we
include III ontlays from whatever
source, limited to the functions OF
territorial government"
improvement la Education.
Educational conditions in New
Mexico show a constant and decided
Improvement Public elementary
schools are maintained in .elG school
districts, including thirty-three city
districts. In fifty-two of these dis
tricts public high schools are main
tanned, fourteen Of which are county
high schools. A general summary Of
the report Of superintendent ~ Ia
atIuction Alvan n. White. with Stats
tics regarding the schools. follows.
The message reviews the condition
Of the various institutions Of higher
education, and renews the reeommen-
dalton expressed in the executive mes
SAFE to the legislature OF 1913. as fol-
lows:
IF we could amend article XII.
section 10, Of the constitution. so TINT
one board would have control and
management of all these educational
institutions the results would I'M
doubleday be more satisfactory. This
board should DE under salary. though
The salary need not be very large.
We should. then get better service
from the regents and better results
from the schools. We could prevent
or avoid overlapping or duplicating
work IN the different schools and
might possibly be able to get along
with less number Of institutions and
accomplish better work tnan is now
being done by all"
Celebrating this idea, the sngges-
ton is made that one of the regents
OF the proposed consolidated board
should be paid salary of $4,000 per
annum as managing regent and be re-
CURED to visit the various institu-
tions as often as practicable and tol
consult and advise with the president
and other officers OF the school and
gather Information 10 be laid before
the board ut its meetings.
other Institutions.
REGARDING the state institutions of
other than educational character. the
governor SAYS That the Miners hos
piml. while important in its way, ISL
moro on less local, that the affairs
oC The institution are conducted with +
m the appropriation anf that there ,
appears to be no demand for ANYTHING /
from that source.
Special attention is called TO the |
report of the pententiary board and !
of The legislature are re-
Quested Ia investigate the institution |
which is located ia Santa Fe, in or
der to learn al first hand what is
hcing done there Tor the state and /
fof those who are confined in the pen
itcniary
The need of a better reform school
for boys s recognized You may /
caii Il What Sou please he, refosni /
should Doe lbs real purpose Make it /
ana Industrial school equipped ana +
managed so aa 90 develop the host -
iu boys. chat they may become good /
ana useful citizens. who otherwise /
might he detrment or "a menace ta +
society
An immediate appropriation "a
meet the demands nf me state insane i
asylum a. BIAS Negaa is mRed and 4
attention s eailod CD tha Increase m +
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