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budget clerk and the budget advis-
DRY COMMITTEES" he said. I'VE must
not be misled by false sense OF econ
only in dealing with them"
More For Reformatory
Branch asked for appropriations
necessary to complete the State re-
formatory at Pendleton to relieve
overcrowding there and at the State
prison at Michigan City.
THE higher educational institu-
tons of the State are already over
taxed and the Legislature is con.
fronted with the task of providing
moro and better facilities for the
institutions" the Governor said.
He recommended that the budget
advisory committee be made per-
manent State body. to be appointed
by the Governor on the first Of De
cember preceding each sessio nof the
Legislature.
This committee, ne said, should be
composed Of one Republican and one
Democrat from tine Senate and one
Republican and one Democrat from
the House.
Defending the elastic features of
the present budget law, Branch said
the transfer Of State money from
one fund to another was amply safe
guarded by the law and had brought
about good results in the admins
tration of institutions. He recon-
mended that all departments and In
situations be required to submit an
annual inventory to the budget
clerk.
Check on Pay Increases
He asked that increases in pay
for State employees by heads OF de-
partments be subject to approval of
the Governor.
Turning to the question Of the in
heritance tax, he recommended that
the Legislature memorable Congress
to repeal the Federal inheritance tax
and suggested revision of the State
law to insure better collections of
tbs tax.
Our present policy of indifference
cannot be continued" Branch said,
in discussing conservation. 1.-THE
State should levy a small tax for
purchase of cheap land to be used
in REPRESENTATION and should make
provision for extension of the sys-l
tenn of State parks"
The Governor referred to the in
dictment of constables operating out
of the court of Justice Rainey in
Indianapolis for wholesale arrests
under the workmens compensation
law, and said the law should be
revised to keep industrial cases in
the county where they originate so
that employers cannot be black
mailed.
Drastic Auto Regulation
A law making it mandatory on
courts to revoke auto drivers IL
censes when they wel,e found guilty
second time of exceeding, a max
imum speed limit of thirty-five miles
an hour on country highways, was
advocated by the Governor. He said
the law should also make It man
datory on the court to revoke the
license of any driver operating his
car while under the influence of
liquor
Safety OF highway traffic also re.
quires that a limitation be placed
on the width OF motor buses and
trucks. he declared.
The Governor called for enactment
of law to prevent organization Of
utility holding companies and to
prohibit one utility from holding
stock in other utilities. He also adj
vocated requiring utilities to pay the
costs OF appraisals made by the pub
lie service commission whether a
rate increase is granted or not.
If the Legislature increases the
gasoline tax one cent and re-enacts
the 1928 schedule of auto license
fees, the State highway commission
will have approximately $4,000, 900
available for road construction and
maintenance during the next three
years, Branch said In urging re-
enactment of the 1923 schedule he
pointed out that the present license
fee rate is the third lowest in the
United States.
The Governor called for a general
revision and codification of election
laws and asked for restriction of the
right to place tickets on the ballot
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