Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-01-29
GOVERNOR Names
USELESS OFFICES
And Urges Abolishing Them To
Save Money-More Auto Tax
If Reads Bill Pass
tBy Associated Press)


ton of Senator Harfiss, of Wood
ford county, providing for ap-
pointment OF a committee of
three to confer with Gov Morrow
about useless state offices and as
sist in drafting bills to abolish
them.
The administrations, primary
election amendment and nonpar
tisan judiciary bills will be intro
duced in the general assembly to-
day. The primary law applies
only to state officers and leaves it
to the governing authorities of a
party to decide in what manner
candidates shall be nominated.
The non-partisan judiciary law
will extend only to appellate and
circuit judges.
That senate resolution asking him
for a list of the 1914 useless offices"
did not seem to embaTrass' Gov. Nor
row as much as the Lexington Lead
er, thought, for he promptly appear
before the senate yesterday and read
a message in which he named 354
drawing salaries amounting to $147,
791.31 annually. In addition to these,
he said, thirty-seven offices already
had been abolished, which carried
salaries of about $4,000.
After giving the list of useless of
fees, the Governor in his message
said:
ALREADY bills have been introduced
providing for the abolishment of
many offices listed above bills of the
same character will be present for
your consideration and passage.
at is my pupose to abolish all use
less offices and l appeal to you to aid
me III accomplishing this purpose.
With our cooperation all such posi-
tions ard offices will be abolished"
The list of useless offices as compli-
ed by the Governor, with the salaries
attached, is as follows:
% officers and guards at Frankfort
penitentiary, $24,840.
18 officers and guards at Eddyville
penitentiary, $19,4O0.
20 trustees of jury funds, $4,000.
20 clerks in auto department,
$4,000.
8 extra helpers in auto department,
1000.
1 shipping clerk, State Literary,
5000.
6 members insurance Rating Baord,
$11, ,23O
employees Adjustant Generals De-
partment, $9,550
tax expert, Tax Commission at
Louisville, $4,000.
L supervisor revenue agents,
$4,000.
43 foresters, S14,O39.
1O4 private police at State Fair
$3,791.
1 stenographer to cutodian public
buildings 5000.
1 superintendent field men tax COM
mission $1,000.
Besides this list, Governor Morrow
said the padding of printed reports by
state departments could be stopped by
law. This, he said, would save the
state thousands and thousands of dol
lars. Already, he declared, he has
stopped report of the Department Of
Education and hoped to save the state
the expense of 200 printed pages. He
had in his hand the report of the
State Railroad Commission, many
pages of which, he declared, were de-
voted to the speech of the Chairman
on the Government ownership of rail
road. "This useless printing, he
insisted, twas "a great waste.
He urged the Senate to pass bills
Immediately to abolish the Offices he
named.
After the address of Governor Nor
row the Senate went into joint ses-
sion and elected Mrs. Grace Garrett
Hendricks, of Winchester, State Lii
brarian over Frank Kavanaugh, a
Democrat. Mrs. Hendricks is daugh-
ter of former Railroad Commissioner
H. Green Garrett. Kavanaugh has
been connected with the State Library
% years. His term of office does not
expire until the first Monday in June.
1t is under stood that Mrs. Maud
Tinsley Marcum, of Barbourville, who
was an announced candidate for the
Office, but who withdrew before the
Legislature convened, will be ap-
pointed Assistant Librarian.
Lieutenant Governor Ballard told
representatives of the Louisville Au-
tomobile Club, at a meeting before
the joint Roads Committee, that au-
tomobile owners must pay a license