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them, If we must have saloons repeal
the prohibition law. Personally I know
that a majority of the people do not
these things, but 1 think 1t better
to legalize them than not provide
means whereby those whose duty it is
to enforce the law may be either COM
PEELED to do their duty or others be
authorized to do for them what they
themselves refuse to dc.
During the past two years any num-
Der of crimes have been committed
where county attorneys for one reason
or another have failed to prosecute.
There have been any number of in
stances when the interests of the state
were directly involved where no action
has been taken.
To remedy this condition, l believe
that we should create n State Depart
ment of Law Enforcement with author
ity to enforce any and all laws of the
state and to both act in cases where
local authorities are Indifferent and to
cooperate when called upon. / would
recommend that the attorney general
be provided with more assistants and
be given authority to go into any u
ty and prosecute cases md to repre-
sent the state on all occasions when
the direct interests of the state are
involved.
l would suggest that the prohibition
law be repealed and a new law enacted
following as closely as possible the ma
tional Volstead act.
Labor.
With the exception of the nation
wide coal strike, there has been no Sc
rious Industrial trouble within the
state, and with few exceptions, the re-
lations between employer and employee
have been los cordial. The officials
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea demonstrated that they were good
citizens; that they stood for law and
order and that they desired to prevent,
as far as possible, suffering within the
state necessitated by the shutting down
of the mines. There is no doubt but
that had 1t not been for the action of
the federal government at hat time
that the strike would have been of
very short duration within the state.
Employers should be required to pay
promptly wages to employees who are
either dismissed or who for other rea-
son their connections with their
employer.
In my former message / recommend
ed an eight-hour day for women, and l
still believe such n law should be en-
acted except in the case of domestic
servants where 1t would be impracti-
cable.
There has been some criticism of the
workmen's compensation law In that
employments are not classified and all
industries included in the act are pay
ing the same proportion regardless of
the hazards involved. This criticism
may be a fair one and is worthy of
your consideration.
The state has been contributing S40,-
900 a year to this fund, and on De
cember % the amount which the state
had supplied was S22S,S17 SO. Consid-
ering the fact that on the same late
the total of this fund was s. ,033, l9T. IS,
it is not necessary for the state to
make any further appropriations, and
it might eve be possible to transfer
back to the general fund the amount
that the state has contributed. Ger
tainly at this time it would seem that
this money could be used to better ad-
vantage than to have 1t remain In a
fun where it Is not needed and Is of
little benefit to anyone.
Banking.
We have excellent banking laws, and
little can be gained by amending them.
l would recommend, on recount of the
Importance of the work, hat they are
doing and the responsibility that they
have, that the salaries Of the assistant
bank examiners be increased.
Commission Of Uniform State Laws.
Since the year 1915 representatives
of this state have been attending the
annual conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws. The purpose of
these conferences, which are composed
of representatives from nearly all the
states of the Union, has been to agree
upon Legislation of uniform character
for the enactment into law by the Leg
of all the states and depend
encies, insofar as IL is deemed practi-
cable. We have already adopted five
laws recommended by this conference,
and In addition adopted what was
known as the family desertion act, but
which was afterwards repealed.
The Wyoming commissioners have
especially recommended action on the
following laws agreed upon by this
conference. namely: Execution of Wills
act, uniform probate of foreign Wills
act, stock transfer act, fraudulent con
veynnce act and n conditional sales
act. As these laws have only been
upon after most careful consid-
Grafton by some of the best legal talent
in the country. i would suggest that
you give the matter of enacting these
proposed measures into law most Sc
rlous consideration.
Historian.
Through the efforts of the state his
torinn much historical data, together
with historical relics, have been collect
The historian has been hnndi-
capped by n very small appropriation
and considering the funds available,
has accomplished much. A state mu-
has been established and the
completed for a most cred
liable historical department. The work
that the historian has been doing Is of
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