865-68 C d f 868 a b C N. Y. STATE LIBRARY GOVERNORS MESSAGES 1905 Mass. Douglas. Recommends that expense of new buildings and repairs be defrayed without recourse to loans. 21 Mr 05, p.6-7 Minn. Van Sant. "It is .. gratifying to reflect upon the fact that to erect this magnificent structure [new capitol] not one dollar of bonded indebtedness has been incurred." 4 Ja 05, p.3 S. C. Heyward. "On December 19, 1904, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the decision of the United States Circuit Court, in the case of Lee against Robinson, and declared the revenue bond scrip of this state to be void. Under the act of March 2, 1872, $1,800,000 of this scrip was issued. . . By this decision the state is forever relieved of the liability to redeem the $1,800,000 of scrip outstanding, and a menace to her finances has been removed. 10 Ja 05, p.6 S. D. Herreid. "In September, 1901, Simon Schaffer, of New York, through Hon. Charles H. Burke, made to the state of South Dakota, a donation of 10 bonds, issued by the state of North Carolina, with accrued interest, amounting to $27,400. The bonds were delivered with the intimation that the donor 'would be pleased if the Legislature of South Dakota would apply the proceeds . University or to some of its asylums or other charities' thereto the Legislature had enacted a law making acceptance mandatory. 3 Ja 05, p.41 " Deposits and depositories See also 2600, Local finance to the State Prior Cal. Pardee. "The state of California pursues a policy different from that of a majority of the states by keeping public funds in its own vaults, thereby locking up a large amount of money, instead of making deposits in the banks. By following the deposit plan the money is permitted to circulate in the channels of trade until needed to meet claims against the treasury. . . It was a step in the right direction when the law was passed, some years ago, making state and county taxes payable in two instalments instead of one, because this reduced the amount of money locked up at any one time. . The ordinary interest rate on daily balances paid by the banks is 2%, and on $4,000,000 this would amount to $80,000 a year--enough to sustain one of the state institutions. . . 2 Ja 05, p.10-11 Id. Gooding. "The republican party stands pledged pass a law at this session that will give the state and the counties every penny of interest earned by its money. 5 Ja 05, p.21 to Kan. Hoch. "This Legislature will doubtless be asked to establish a public depository, or a system of depositories, where public funds shall be placed upon interest for the benefit of the state. Two plans are proposed: one for the establishment of a state depository in which the interest upon the money therein deposited shall accrue to the state; and the other providing that the semiannual remittances from the various county treasurers to the State Treasurer d f g FINANCE shall be held in county depositories until the State Treasurer Okl. Ferguson. "The problem of territorial depositories is a hard one to solve. The legislator who can devise an absolutely safe depository law and ways and means to comply with it would be a public benefactor, not only to the territory but to the states as well, where this matter is still an unsolved problem. At best it is an experiment attended by dangers. If surety bonds are taken and a loss occurs, the companies almost invariably resist payment if the amount of the liability is large. If territorial warrants or the municipal securities are taken, there is always some danger of the loss of the securities." 10 Ja 05. p.15-17 S. D. Elrod. ". Some arrangement should be made whereby a certain portion of the surplus money in the state treasury should be loaned to reputable and responsible banks within this state, and the interest received therefor, on daily balances, should be (by the banks) turned into the state treasury." 3 Ja 05, p.9 U. Cutler. ". . . A system which enables any custodian of public funds to accept employment nominally as clerk or official in some institution and receive a salary therefor, while the real consideration for payment of such salary is the use of public funds, is pernicious in the extreme, and is violative of the spirit of the Constitution. In conducting public business in this state, payment is made by a system of warrants. These warrants draw interest from the public treasury under certain conditions. For illustration, if pre 868 868-74 h i 870 872 874 N. Y. STATE LIBRARY GOVERNORS MESSAGES 1905 sented to a county treasurer, when drawn against a county fund, and Wis. La Follette. "Existing laws are wholly inadequate to in- Public order See also 234, Crimes and offenses Police State and county police " a Ari. Brodie, Arizona rangers, 16 Ja 05, p. 20. Tex. Lanham, the ranger force, 12 Ja 05, p.14. b C N. M. Otero. "I have been urged by stockmen to recommend the passage of a ranger law, whose duty it shall be to patrol the ranges, to prevent the theft of stock and to aid in the apprehension of criminals. . ." 16 Ja 05, p.28 Pa. Pennypacker. "An act of February 27, 1865, provided that any corporation owning or using a railroad might apply to the Governor to commission such persons as the corporation should designate to act as policemen for said corporation. The system thus established has grown by subsequent legislation and now railroads, collieries, furnaces, rolling mills, coal and iron companies, corporations for the propagation of fish, and many other corporations have their force of policemen exercising the authority of the commonwealth. . The system is objectionable upon principle. Where police are selected, paid and discharged by the corporations PUBLIC ORDER 875 and bear the name of 'coal and iron police,' it is evident that they for you to consider whether the time has not arrived for the state to Municipal police Mass. Douglas. "In 1885 a departure was made from the time- b Mo. Folk. ". . . The police departments of St Louis, Kansas 877 879 Whether there be any change in the method of selecting the commissioners or not, the police departments in all the cities should be put under civil service rules by law. . ." 9 Ja 05, p.9-10 Miscellaneous police regulations See also 256, Crimes against public order and security; 264, Crimes against public morals and the family; 1065, Nuisances; 1090, Public safety Amusements Relating chiefly to restricted amusements 887 Poolselling. Bookmaking etc. Mo. Folk. "The state should not license gambling in any form, whether it be a lottery or poolselling on horse races, and the per 875-87 887-903 N. Y. STATE LIBRARY GOVERNORS MESSAGES 1905 nicious effect on public morals is not lessened by requiring a fence to be put around the place where the racing is carried on. . 9 Ja 05, p.13 b Mo. Folk. Recommends repeal of law licensing pools on horse races in certain places for benefit of state fair. 7 F 05, P.3-4 895 Cruelty to children and animals a Col. Peabody. State bureau of child and animal protection. 6 Ja 05, p.II 896 Cruelty to animals a 900 a Fla. Broward. "I recommend that the law for the prevention of cruelty to animals be so amended as to prohibit shooting tame, live pigeons for sport." 4 Ap 05, p.48 Intoxicating liquors. Narcotics N. C. Glenn, 11 Ja 05, p.12. 902 a b Kan. Hoch. Prohibition Prohibition has now been a part of the organic law of this state for 24 years, and while there are honest differences among good people of its wisdom, and while it has been defective in operation, its benefits must be conceded. The conditions are not all that good citizens desire everywhere in the state, but, with all of its defects in operation, the conditions are much better here than in states sustaining a different attitude toward the subject. 10 Ja 05, p.14 Me. Cobb. The estimate in which the prohibitory law is held in certain parts of the state, and by many of our citizens, is working an incalculable injury to the forces that make for law and order. A disrespect and disregard for all law is being nurtured that if allowed to grow unchecked and unassailed will weaken and destroy the very foundations of good movement. This law must be enforced in order that all law may be vindicated, and to the performance of this duty every man, irrespective of party but united in the interests of good citizenship, may well direct his energy and influence. The task is not an easy one, and the practical difficulties that stand in the way of its accomplishment should be neither ignored nor underestimated; but an aroused and determined public sentiment standing for order and respect of law can force officials to do their duty, or failing in this, can fill their places with those who will." 5 Ja 05, p.13-14 903 Dispensaries a S. C. Heyward. I. recommend that the various county boards of control should be appointed by the State Board of Directors. Two members of this board |