The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-19
FINANCIAL MANAGER N
EDUCATION Department
tenn as now administered from the
Important Suggestion for Re
organizing Work.
WOULD PUT CaTAWBA
UNDER BOARD OF VISITORS
And Cut On Bulky Reports of OFF,
cts,ls Which Now Run Public Print
ing Bin Cp-Wouid Make Fiscal
and Appropriation Years Conform.

REORGANIZATION of the financial pa ri
OF the work of the public school sys-
tenn as now administered from the
office Of the superintendent Of the
Department of Education nv confin-
ing the work OF the superintendent
to the technical work Of the schools
and placing the financial operations
of the department under control OF
manager. was one of She i'm portant
suggestions made yesterday ny the
state Board of Accountirg in It's an
nual report to Governor stuart
1t was also recommended in the
| report mat the operation Of Catawba
Sanitorium be traasrer-et from the
State Board Of Health To a board OF
visitors, such as now controls prac-
! tically all of the State institutions.
, The board declared that the per capi-
ia weekly expense of the patients was
too large, and stated its belief that
under charge of Il board of visitors
the institution could be run more eco
lnonIcally.
Where Cuts May Re Mace
Among other suggestions contain ed
IN the report are that all the prest at
UNNECESSARY public printing he dig
continued; that the custom OF heads
Of departments attending conventions
NJ the expense OF the State be dis
approved, and that no special coun-
sal be retained by departments with
out the consent and approval of the
Governor. The examiners stated the
they hai gone over the annual rei
port of state Accountant w Fl
Smyth. and II was approved s
The hoard. In suggesting a reos
SANITATION OF The administration q
the schools, stated that with a n.ars
as r In charge OF the finances OF the
! department, the expenditures Of the
large sums of money could be pre-
scribed in an elaborate and compre-
hensive manner. and the work kept
UP TO date, They recommended that
the superinten Dent devote himself en-
tirelv to the technical side of the en-
(, partTenr, and that the mana ger be
appointed to handle the financial OPP
erations.
Says Cost Excessive.
The cost Of s1S,70 week for each
patient 1T the Catawba Sanitorium,
as stated in the report Of Accountant
Sm III, is declared to be some what
ey cessive, and the hoard Suggested
the adv.sa oiity of looking into the
question as to whether or not this In
stitution should be transferred from
the supervision and sontrol OF the
State Board OF Health and placed un-
der the control of board OF visitors
rs other State Institutions are. The
BEARD, In making thu suggestion
stated that they had no desire to re-
fleet upon the board of health. but
said they realized that the duties OF
that department are many and ar
duaas. and il o6 occurred to them that
possibly t-ey would be glad to be re-
leved of this burden. and at the same
tiras that the board Of visitors might
be able to obtain more economical
results
The report OF the board OF ac-
counting stated that there was much
printing OF worthless statistics. cost
ing great deal OF money, that
should be discontinued. Many OF the
reports OF the State institutions con-