Show of State Offices led ed by State Auditor Ririe t Biennial Report to Governor m tt System Included in ill List commendations Radical x Changes Abolition of State Bounties Urged I RING CARING that the creation lot of of he commission pub- pub io Utilities commission and Se- Se commission have fully tully their the r creation Joseph fine Ririe o ot state in m his biennial report makes several Io ions s. s Among them he suggests of the dairy and food tood medical pharmacy fet t t optometry nurse examiners Mind lind Ind departments and all health jand and measures as the lot these boards he says could doubt be more efficiently and administered under the n of ot the state stale board of ot health I ta great amount of ot duplica- duplica the work of oJ inspectors and assistants would be he h livestock board crops pests slon sion water rights commission t association be placed un- un n- n commissioner of agriculture as IJ ts' ts of ot the departments are to extent tent identical and better work 1 done under consolidation is recommendation he National Guard of ot Utah A m n war ar pension bureau admin admin- of the tho soldiers' soldiers settlement and celebrations celebrations' appropriations be In Kinder the supervision of ot the tho na- na fJ guard ard is also recommended are all departments of oJ tho the state slate I and institutions cover all alt funds whatever source to the tho tithe th state treasurer by which proper accounts can be bo WhiCh cred- cred I vestments investments of the state stale land md nd should be more care carefully tully I Ir rand r nd that the law should be ded that it will plainly define s acceptable and limit the ref loans so BO that the maximum lIP Ull result resul t to the taxpayers find and 6 o circumstances should these loaned for tor speculative or pro- pro purposes that a minimum Islo 10 to 12 per acre be I fall nall all state lands that the state I ird rd be administered by one land loner who with on nn expert land landier ier r r could more equitably cont con- con of ot office t- t ng ng nj out that the state road com com- J has expended for ford d bridges and constructed sev- sev J med ared red miles of ot highway Auditor gest that If It any change is the commission that at nt least the elective officials be re- re n. n the commission as he beat beat be- be i hat at their advice would tend to top I i p the tho cost of ot engineering and andi I doubts says Auditor fI as to the wisdom of ot accept- accept Sj r j Of ot tho the government aid for tor purposes tho the requirements of ot state appropriations opinion some Bome of ot these bear more Investigating yare eyare accepted I I believe that college and the Uni- Uni on paso gage 4 Li u CONSOLIDATION Continued from page 1 of ot Utah could be profitably placed under the same board of trustees trustees trustees trus trus- tees t to be composed of five to seven seen members as this would result in better better bet bet- ter harmony and avoid the overlapping overlapping overlap overlap- ping of work and the rivalry that now i exists I am am of opinion that while the schools and educational institutions of I I the state require and must have additional ad- ad additional ad ad- resources for their maintenance maintenance nance and development yet in our zeal for this as evidenced by the enactment enact enact- ment meat of ot the recent constitutional amendment which nearly doubles the schools schools' s' s portion of the state taxes there may be oc a possibility that we shall snaIl be too successful in this endeavor I am strictly in favor of the locked budget system and antI believe that each department can and should be made I Ii i to confine and can confine its expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures to the legislative appropriations In view that department heads have always been able to secure deficits from the board of examiners after the regular appropriations have been exhausted exhausted ex ex- ex hausted and with this possibility in view it appears appeals to me that the denart- denart I meat ment heads have hae not always regulated d their expenditures as they would under un un- un der the budget system The state of officIals officials of- of should be represented upon all boards USE OF CARS There has been some criticism and complaint of ute tile use made of the au automobiles automobiles au- au belonging to the state and for the purpose of avoiding such ru rumors rumors ru- ru mors I urgently suggest that all cars should bear the states state's name and the department to which it belongs on the side of the car as this will be found II of considerable assistance in limiting i I I the use of the car to the proper state 1 and official business I Auditor Ririe then suggests changes in the law which would modify section I I so that interest and costs collected collect collect- collect I j ed would not be divided and apportioned apportioned as other taxes that section be amended so that the state re receive receive re- re the proceeds of confiscated au au- au- au Auditor fine Ririe also recommends that I the assessors of ot the several counties I be compelled to make and stated staled settlements with the county treasurers for personal taxes collected collect cOllect- ed by the assessor before the rolls rons are turned over to the county treasurers The bonded indebtedness of the state according to Auditor Ririe aggregates ate of which is i seated in the state road bond issue I and the redemption funds created for lor the ther retirement ment of these bonds amounts to TAX SUGGESTIONS Stating that he does not believe belleve that thit the burden of taxation is equitably distributed dis dig he ho favors an Income in ome tax an and a tax of 1 cent per gallon on gasoline and 10 cents per er tons on coal at th the mine taxpayer to relieve he this burden as the small smaIl I taxpayer he concludes n never vers the tax rolls escapes I The total of coal mined in the state in 1919 says Auditor Ride Ririe gated tons and about To aggregated 1000 o I tons manufactured so o that the posed tax Proposed Proposed pro Pro- would greatly augment the revenue Auditor fine Ririe recommends the abel abol Won of the state bounty on predatory animals and in lieu the state bounty taxes administered livestock board He Is convinced by the state thit that Utah outside TU trappers bounty their hides hides in j through their confederates I Receipts of the state during the tho thoi i j ten years are shown to bo be Gross tot total l i receipts for tor tho the biennium biennium bi- bi ended November 30 aggregate ate I bl-I The deficits granted b by the state board of examiners legislative session of 1919 since the 1 bo be are shown to Included In the report is i of tables which a number I the various show the working of I departments dep In detail ing tho the biennium dUring dur dUr- |