Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 9, 1913, Page 6

REPORT PRAISES |1 AUI)ITOR‘)“ FFICE - (Continued from fir: Section 37 of the Rev:sed Laws of | 19'05. requires the Auditor to keep accounts with each appropriationw. | These were found faithfully and ac- curately kept. Chapter 272 of the| Geperal Laws of 1907 forbids under penalty of misdemeanor, any state board or official to incur indebtedness| on behalf of said board, official or the |, State of Minnesota, “in excess o‘f the appropriation for such purpose.” Yet in the face of this provision and notwithstanding the appropria- tion accounts, at least one depart-!| ment had “incurred indebtedness” on behalf of his department, severalj thousand dollars “in excess of the| appropriatio1 for such purpose.” It does not appear that the depart- ments keep accounts with their ap- propriations which charge the appro- priations with “indebtedness incurr- ed” when'it is actually incurred, but * only upon the allowance by the de- partment of claims against the state. As a consequence the state depart- ment appropriations may be chargedl with obligations long before the Au- ditor has any means of ascertaining the fact. He is not in position to en- force strictly the provisions of Chap- ter 272, General Laws of 1907. If the act in question were modi- fied so as to prohibit absolutely at any subsequent time the payment of ! obligations so incurred and so as to| make officers attempting to incur| such obligation or to pay them after they were incurred, personally liable, it might put a stop to this practice. At the same time a better system of} (Copyright.) stalled in the departments sideration. - COQD D mnnfilw e RESSING 7 LADIES HOME. JOURNM PATTERNS RO S s N FesmakRY THE HOME PATTERN COMPANY NEW YORX. ood D A copy Free at the pattern coun- ter. It tells you what to wear and how to make it. A copy will be sent to out of town customers by prcpald post upon request. i New Things In Neckwear Saturday we will show some of the latest things in Neckwear. Neck Bands, Bulgarian Bows, and Collars. Children’s Dresses The little girl and the .Miss can be dressed up in one of our wash dresses, fit for any occasion. - The mother will save herself much trouble selecting the girls’ dresses. ' We would be pleased to show you how they are made. Price 50c to $6.50 . Saturday Bargains Om:1 Lot Wash Goods, yard......... One Lot Ladies’ Low Shoes, a 111 ARREE G S T One Lot Men’s Shoes, DPAIT. ... s b RS L e One Lot Boys Shoes, a pair 17¢c $2.4 § i [ ] B ¥ i appropriation accounts should be in- This is a mere suggestion submitted for con- ressing for June Ruchings ...51.95 '1"Inveifigntlnn which,. your .committee Under the laws certain quasi-puh—l lic_organizations are given subven- tions .of state funds. These appro- priations are paid in bulk on letters of request by officers of the organi- zations and there is no proper control over these expenditures. It is unwise for the state to disburse public mon-] ey wthout knowing the exact pur-| poses ‘for which it should be used.j {The law should provide for a better system of payment of these cases. Minnesota ‘is ~ spending much ‘'money upon road improvement and lis likely to increase. greatly its ex- penditures for this purpose. It is, therefore, important that there be no flaws in the system of disburse- ment. At the present time payment| to counties of state aid in road building are made, so far as the Au- ditor is concerned, on a:formal. un- supported certificate of the'state en- gineer. . Followed into the highways: department, it: was: found .thag the department has complete suppo'rtln‘g data in the instances examined. It is suggested that such system eb si_dopt— | ed. as.to.make this-data available. to the Auditor before he passes the claims and -orders payment. Complete and adequate records of lnhd sales are being kept. Tfie busi- ness transacted annually: in» public lands is of enormous volume, making: the Auditor’s office one of the most important “administrative depart- ments of the state. Figures furnished by the Auditor for the last fiscal year, indicate the magnitude of’ this: business.’ Principal and interest paid -on school land contraet, sale of ‘timber, iron ore contracts and royalties, and sales of grasses, amounted to §$1,227,- 1_164.39 for “school land; $51,545.60 for university land; $14,463.00 for internal improvement land, and $313- 533.53 for swamp lands or a total in ‘cash transactions of $1,606,707.12. At the same time 168,270 acres of agricultural land were ‘sold for $1,-! '087,499.14, the cash collections amounting to $163,000. The cost of this land. administration as given by the Auditor was $53,978.70, a trifle aver three per cent on the cash trans- ‘actions. Care of the minéral lands belong- ing to the state places upon the Au- ditor’s office a heavy additiqnal bur- den. Considering the limitations of the laws and the force at the com- mand of the Auditor for the purpose, this work is being done as well as circumstances permit. Investigation of this business has not been made with sufficient completeness to war- rant any suggestion except the ob- vious one:that a complete lnvestiga- tion and a complete study of the laws should be made with a view of plac- ling the care and development of the state’s mineral lands. upon. the best basis possible. They are one of the state’s richest assets, ~and demand more careful and more adequate ad- ministration. A similar study should be made of ‘the State’s timber resources for like ‘purposes: This work, too, is now plac- ed upon the shoulders of the overbur- dened State ‘Auditor Both facts and ilaws bearing upon the preserva'tlon and development of the public do- ‘main demand careful’ and immediate study if the peonle of the state are to make the bestiuse of their aimost i prloeleeq land ‘Tesources. ... It must be kept in mind that. the which a more thorough ized. zation under the law. constitation. Inconsistent, if Auditor. ed. The Auditor has’ been made Land Commissioner and has been charged with the administration of the public lands by Chapter 38, Title 1 of the Statutes of Minnesota in 1878, which by reference has been made part of the constitution of the state. “This in itself tends to destroy his efficiency as Auditor department. inquiry should proceed - At the same time the investigation was amply sufficient to |show that' the best results cannot be secured from the office as now organ- e Bt et e services to the highest bidder. Augditor or of his men. The defect is not one of personnel nor of organi- It is in the laws of the state and even in the not conflictin'g duties are placed upon the He is overburdened with such inharmonious functions, so that ‘it is not humanly possible to perform any as well as itishould be perform- His administrative ‘du- ties conflict with the proper checking) of other departments The Auditor xs Credi: The erection of monuments to her etian republic. To such a length did the feeling of jealousy toward the great ‘dead. by the living go. The single exception was the statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni, by Andrea del Verocchio and Alessandro Leopardi. And this was not because he left his large fortune to Venice on condition that a monument be erected to hxm in St. Mark’s. By this he meant, of course, inj front of the great cathedral; but the republic got out of putting it in such ‘a famous place by raising it opposite the hospital of St. Mark, a much less conspicuous position. Bartholommeo Colleoni- was an Italian soldier of fortune who lived in the fifteenth century. He sold his For a long time he was in the pay of the Venetian republic. But Milan offer- ed him a better place, and he went over to that' city. Venice found out; however, that it could not do without him, and in 1454 gave him the cap- tiin-genera:lship of the republic for life. . Colleoni was one of the best of these Italian soldiers of fortune. Al- though he changed sides whenever he thought he could better his fortunes, he .committed no. acts of treachery. He died in 1475. Andrea Verocchio, ‘who modeled the statue of Colleoni, was a famous goldsmith, painter and sculptor. Leonardo da Vinci, who painted the “Last Supper’’ and “Mona Lisa,” was one of his pupils. = Verocchio had on- ly completed the model of the “Col- In the nature|) o ;i when he- died in 1488. of the case he cannot check his own He requested that the casting of great men,was forbidden by the Ven-| Leopardi had been exiled; but he was recalled to finish the statue. statue is. mounted. This monument, which. was unveil- ed on March 21, 1496, is generally conceded .to be the greatest equesf— rian statue in the world. One critic has said of it: “The Colleoni stamds today for the most magnificent eques- trian statue of all time. It fully de- 'serves this reputation, since in:mo other monument are both horse and rider conceived and composed with such unity.” Both figures express nuhlhty and dignity. The arched neck, the raised hoof, the champing mouth, of, the charger are perfection. The poise of Colleoni himself, the pose of his head, the stern expression of his face, show courage and ability. ‘What is the one thing about. this statue, however, that makes it seem so much alive? It is just this. When we look at the horse and rider, we feel that the very next moment, with the very next step, they are going to walk off their high pedestal into space. The whole statue is full of emer- getic character and bold life, and powerful in its effect. Every day a different human inter- est story will appear in the Pioneer. You can get a beautiful intaglio re- production of the above picture, with five others, equally attractive, 7x9%% inches in size, with this week’s “Men- tor.” In “The Mentor” a well known authority covers the -subject of the pictures and stories of the week. Readers of the Pirmeer and "The Men- the monument in bronze should be instrusted to his pupil Lorenzo di but the senate of Venice gave further disqualified . for: performing the work to Alessandro Leopardi. the auditing function by bemg made. B a _member of .the administrative boards. An efficient Auditor can perform‘ Until the state no other . function. strips. its Auditor of all.other- func- tions, it cannot have an efficient Au- ditor. The office should continue ‘elective, for it is important that the Auditor should be responsible to his employers only—the people of the state. . He should be given full power. to dictate to all departments forms of records, accounts and reports, and should be given adequate machinery for examining, checking, anditing, in- vestigating and c'ontrolling‘flnancjal- ly all other departments of the state. He ‘should also have means of pub- licity., Such -an ‘Auditor would - supplant entirely the public examiner, taking over his functions. It goes without saying that an “officer appointed by ‘the’ officer responsible for ‘practically all state adniinistr@tion, is‘mot free to ‘find or to publish facts reflecting up- on any part of that administration, even though they might be found. In saying this there is no suggestion that the present examiner is with- holding anything The Auditor would perform the functions of the public examiner better than they could be performed by the examiner’s office as now constituted. He needs the exam- ‘iners on his staff to make him an ef- ficient Auditor. An independent land depantment. would, of course, be created, the ad- ministration of which would be en- tirely out of the hands of the Audi- tor. It would then be subject to his examination, checking and control, Such a change would mean radical change in the laws in' the . depart- mental organization. To be thorough it would require amendment of the state constitution. This is a subject recommended to you for your careful and earnest con- sideration. S. @. Iverson, State Auditor, is constantly .improving the system of his office. He extended every facility and courtesy in the conduct of your inquiry, and expremd himself as’ hos- | roduct cattea “Wyetn'e 11 C.E.BA HARMLESS BUT EFFECTIVE—| MIXED WITH SULPHUR MAKES .| _HAIR SOFT AND LUXURIANT The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and ‘Sulphur: for darkening: :gray ‘| streaked and faded hair s con dn vogue again, says a well own down-town druggist. It was our grandmother’s treatment and hun- dreds of women and men too, are again using it to keep their hair a good, even color which is quite sen- sible, as we are living in an age when| a youthful appearance is of 'the "| greatest :dv.anmse NOTICE! Aetna Dynamife 40 per cent, per |b “‘Home of Good Hardware”’ tor” .will know art, litera.ture, his- tory, science, and travel, and own €ex- quisite pictures.. On sale at Aber- crombie’s boek store. - Price ten cents. 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