The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-01-28
PROBE COMMITTEES
REPORTS I'M N
SThTEDEPARThEN7S
Minor Irregularities On
~ Discovered In
Long Inquiry.
SIDE llNEo' HIT
Perquisites In Secretary Of
States Office should Be
Abolished.


ile!lc, .. D.lhe FSpOTL Oh tine
state investigating committee, con
sisting OF Allan Bogue. Jr., Walter.
Al. Cheeyer, ANA Il. r.. Lyons, who
were appointed under authority of
ln act OK lhe last legislature, to in
yestig&te conditions in various state
institutions ana offices and report Or
the same, was fled with the leg.s-
tatlre today.
The report shows that the ON
mittee Investigated into the affairs
OF the Secretary Of state: commits
Toner OF school and pu5lic lands;
Attorney general; superintendent OF
Public instruction; The state treas
ufor; Board of railway commission;
Board ot health; Board OF Charities
and corrections; School OF mines;
Soldiers home; Tuberculosis sanitar-
ium; Speariish normal school.
While the findings of the commit
tee are covered in long reports for
each Office, department or commits
sion examined, each has some par
ticular feature which called out the
examination according to the policy
of the committee. and these only are
mentioned i'll the review Of their re-
port.
"Sidc J;,ns.. C,;t;cod
+, In the Office al tho sacratarv NJ
state. The cnmnlafnfs and rnmors
were of shor,a1es in the fec acoo,nts
and lax financial methods in maj do,
partment 4 eeneral review sbows
that there we're annarent d~iscran.n,
cies on the face OF the eenera1 show
ing, but on investigation and taking
TESTIMONY The only item wbicb ala
not show straight was of q TON dnt.
lar payment nv Inc Farmers STATE
Bank eff Unityyille for a charter On
August .. 1910 which draft voc de,
nositad ~ .ha ,a. ui'lI vas ue-
Bank Of PIER 70 the "a nrad nNI af tse
secretary of SAFE. Inf No for,ber
record shows nor a,n ma fnsi az
position of mis- fea he locat Tod NJ
Investigation shoq5ed = cns+am ..
office emnlovecs to take casS r-,n
lthe office cqe6 draweT. ma danas4,
slips to count aeainst Their INV n
, the n of the month which l. 49,
to be AGAINST good official nolfcZ,
Different clerks Of the denartIoan
Gro found to he eonduct:n~ ia,
lines" in the way Of rooorts IN an
: tomobile firms and others intsreste.
airs handled tbronqb tbo do.
VI D1rtMpnf of thp cAcrptnrv and tbfe
= is held not IL he GOOD mimic nolin,
S as a clerk no is working n side linz
Or personal nrof+ may end = bor5
r to draw he Enc between nrivato ~
> Office fees Ia regard 70 ebargos =
{ shortages on tl,e nart of aesis4aS+ 90
: retaries in The oAice tba lonor
i shows tho4 fife evecutive..cco,N{ass
fopnd d-iscrenancies in tho accnna,
If Il. A. platts, former aesistsnt -
! $500 and In tha4 Of John y Na,sor
nrosent ass'stanf Of s4o5 hotI, II,
stances proyinp Ia nave heen an ova,
s Insight.
on this denartrant 1er,slo+io, :;
asked fory ia cut ont anv s,da III,
i business OF cmplovees and reonj,
ing monthly settlement ~ 90
,ccount win tho state tra,s
Attorney S.a,ars, n
The e~yamination of tho do,.r.
ment of the ATTORNEY general 90
!, ered the charge of eycessiva travc
: fees on tho nart Of IN nfSo;sis
) that department ana the fndinas y
he committees arc thai NO axnenso q
> were Incurred which we're NOT nrana,
and none were excessive. ma IN
! department. is heinz asked 10 a, i
z york at about one-6fth whot on.