| Show GOVERNOR MESSAGE the legislature of the state of utah the constitution of utah in defluri dead log ing the duties of the governor pro vadea dea that be shall com communicate by the condition of the state to use legislature at every regular session slad recommend such measures as he be may deem expedient Co congress ogress has conferred upon utah constitutional government and it is if abo prout proud privilege of her citizens for me first bret time to assume entire control of their own aff affairs aart to you has been beed delegated the law makina power anu and ia t to Is expected that you will proceed ej promptly prompt lj and wisely to onset enact such log lee caution as ab will successfully complete ibe organization of the new dew state stale R v and provide i lovide the necessary Barj machinery to put the same in motion having the lull st at conn Jence in your jour to ties rise to the occasion and its ae fare gj of your patriotic desire to serve your country well nod and faithfully I 1 pi promise rowlee you my act ve va anu cordial cor clial cooperation I 1 bo beg leave to call your attention to 1 l condition owing to the foot wat that tb he reports of the outgoing officers ficere of have not yet beeb and owing further to the hailed ted time between tle the of the present state slate i BU she meeting of the it 1 ig impossible to prepare such is state maa deot of the financial conj con won of we state as ae I 1 desire buttee but the reports of the lie territorial will be available early in the session ee Bion and I 1 shall then with you further upon fib ato subject ubert ube ot ahe he ti abed indebtedness of the otate je ane bonus bonds were is filgon aea to in three series to wit serif series 1 by aut authority burily of the act of ike legislative assembly of 1888 geenty year 5 per cent non nod taxable bonds of 1000 each issued july 2 IM 1888 payable J july u ay 2 1908 b but u 6 w win I 1 1 amat ol 01 tiou after tun ten years year aviz viz after anor J july u ly 2 1898 series 2 by authority of the act ot of me legislative assembly of 1890 weady year 5 per cout non donds of each issued july 1 1890 payable july 1 1910 but witt lot 01 redemption after en years via after july 1 1900 series 8 by aut authority bority of the act oi of assembly of 1892 5 per par cent non tax abit bonds of 1000 eastis baco issued july 2 1892 payable july 1 1912 without lor for previous redemption tim interest upon said bonds bonda is by the she erma cerms of the law authorizing theu taace his luell made payable semi annually oil uie she first days of 01 january and july re and amounts to per buum sam f I 1 son at unable at this time to corn com caf the floating indebtedness of the aa slate although it may be relied railed upon etlas including unredeemed warra war rauis tits aad d deficiencies of state institutions lie state kute will owe alter after all taxes tabea dut due rum the several counties are vaid paid itt in t least set the extra burden to be borne by wie tiie state wilt will be lor for the alafita alaf iea of state officers support of the tae state prison the courts court tue legisla faue etc previously supported buolly or in part by the united and jit the taxes axes of 1896 become aval available lable j there will be oo no means to conduct the state government it to is apparent ahead of the careful investigation which it is incumbent upon me t malle make the result or 01 which I 1 shall oom to you later us as stated atia pru provision vision must be made to pay off thita floa floating debt anil meet the ruu niu expenses for toe the dt next at lalue aloe it may be beset set down as an necessity therefore there foie and as the abe must most prudent and atcon mical me hod bod ol of placing the state slate treasury upon a cash oasis which la Is a CV coveted ted diun tiun to 10 aljy government or any business Oune concern erD that ao an issue of bonds bt be mage made although the amount of the issue should ot of course be kept down to the lowest possible limit soo the rau rate not more than 4 percent per cent it to is my pinion that new state bonus will sei readily at par both in our own market aid ld in the abe bastean Ba stern centers enter ls at 4 per cent and the ot it ur ding uie the outstanding 5 per cent bonus bonds by a new 4 per betit bissu which would produce a saving ol of per annum will also be pre for or your consideration As booti us as the lands granted under the enabling act or a portion of them may us be dja disposed posed of it Is provided that the interest ou on same may be devoted to lo the sup art of the various state ansti ulo ludo a ultimately there is little doubt that these proceeds eds will very materially the state tax fut abut it may not dot be even hoped that suy any such rt lief can be obtained for or a year or more or the obvious reason that legislation must first be provided for the so selection lection and sale of tue abe lauds lands and ster ater that the various ludds created will hive to earn their interest the subject of we the disposal of these lands beluk so bo closely interwoven with the financial future of the state my suggestion concerning the same ame prill ivill be lucu itic ded in ibe later special message iu it view oi of the extra bur ens afore and our inability to dealza additional audit ional revenues from interest ou on sale ot of lands the present year it will nu no doubt devolve upon you to increase tut lax rate though to what extent oai cat not be estimated at present the rv dues will be materially increased trout the ibe of mines milies and coal lauds and net eus of miles and it is 18 possible the ase ebed for 1896 may be increased over that taut ol of last year by the exe exerile ex ercle of greated diligence on the part ot of as essers and ibe board of equalization The amount of property that abbe escaped taxation notwithstanding the efforts of the board of equalization in the last foai years I 1 am convinced to is very large examples are in every 0 auty where patented lauds lands have no nui t been assessed simply because the pal pa alts are not dot recorded that present laws require county courtl courtr to lo obtain lr jr m the U S surveyor uen een oral eral plats plate showing the patented lands land merchandise Is not assessed lo in utah for out third of its value cattle and sheep are not asse ansta assessed sed for more than one third their number it will be incumbent upon us to unite in correction evils ot of this nature these are neither conclusive nor adt adequate quate upon the tale subject of our but are simply made made to admonish you that thai greater revenues must be provi provided deu and the utmost economy practiced by you la in order to make the financial duds cuds most meet prominent among your duties will be the selection of two of your fellow citizens to represent the state ot of utah lu in the senate of too united states the highest legislative council of the a tion may your discharge disc disca narge urge of this responsibility be characterized by such wisdom and patriotism patrio tiem as shall reflect honor donor upon yourselves and the state the constitution provides provider that the territorial seat seal shall be used until otherwise provided by law jaw A state seal eal should be adopted at once toe the supreme court and attorney general are temporarily in the be joint city and county building bait Lake City the governor and sacre tary lary have succeeded without any express authority tj ti the dofflow formerly occupied by the territorial governor kind and secie tary ut at the so eo uallen in juo trial home si which is united states government property and the auditor audit tr treasurer ier and superintendent f J nubile instruction have no prescribed ibea offices in ill which to tralle transact act their busi bugi aetis with the public I 1 recommend that hut you arrange suitable quarters on the most moat economical terms term pus possible sible for the he state officials slid and provide the respectable furnishings I 1 commend to your earnest consider a aioo aion ion the legislation required by the constitution la in order to make all lla provisions operative the utah penitentiary formerly be lunging longing to the united states slates and under the control of the united states mar abal ha now become the property of the liao st state te by the terms of the on en abling act the penitentiary and all the lands and appurtenances oon ana set met apart and reserved ther elor are granted to the state the property consists of acres of land seventy eight sores acres of which are under cultivation the prison to is a modern structure having been built by the united states several years ago at a carag of a and is io in ai a 1 respects an up to date prison it has cells and capaci capacity tj for prisoners prison erSt though the present number incarcerated i is only A rook rock wall nineteen feet in height lour four and a half test feet thick chick at as me lim bottom and two feet thick at the tol of the buildings tn ane le farman east easily ly be made to yield potatoes corn beato cab oage onions tomatoes and garden produce to supply lythe the prisoners upon edmission hd mission of the states state the title to 0 o the property passe baseer from the united Sta states testo to the th state eState of utah Uta band and the control the constitution is vested in the buard board of state commissi commissioners liners which board to is to have ucb supervision of all matt matters lere connected with the state prison as may be provided by law temporarily and until otherwise ordered the board of state stae prison commissi ontra has baa coo con linued nat M brigham the liao united states slates carabal ma rabal in charge it is extremely important that regu latious lat loiis be provided for the proper management of this institution ln in eluding authority for the board to ap a warden and to employ such guards and st assistants as it may deem proper 1 A the cost of operating the penitentiary by the government has been per annum by rizo florou rouis to economy onomy it is in my opinion that this abi expense may be reduced to and I 1 recommend the appropriation of that thai amo amount in the Inte interim rims before you reach the consideration ot of appropriations for or state institutions so ao appropriation for maintenance oft of say should be maje made at once as it will ne fie found unprofitable to 0 attempt the conc conduct luct of the tb prison on credit the university of utah is the oldest educational institution in the state stale it Js is located at salt bait lake la fee city and was established by act of the legislature in february 1850 1860 the total va us ue of buildings and grounds is i estimated at JOO originally the teu ten acre block or square upon which the university is situated was donated by salt lake city under certain conditions which required that in case the ground should cease to be used tor for the min main buildings ot of the university title hotbo land would revert to the city chy in march 1895 however the city Clo uncil oi 01 said city removed the conditions of the original deed ot of transfer tra osler and the only requisite remaining is that the state ity be located t within or to salt like lake city in 1894 the united states guv gov eminent granted to the university a sixty acre tract of land lana on the fort douglas reservation in salt lake county A coutil tiou of the gift requires that the institution shall occupy the site within five years rum roin the date daie of ef the grant nearly two years of time have already passed aud thus far nothing has been dune toward meeting the requirement of occupancy the tract forms one or of th most beautiful and suitable locations for the he university campus to be found in she be state and certainly within the time provided measures should be taken lor for the permanent location of the university there under the depressed condition of our finances I 1 cannot recommend any appropriation at this session for the purpose of improving the new site unless it might be a 8 email one lor for the he planting og of trees but in my opinions loc an effort should be wade made as aa soon eoon as there is an appreciable rise to lo real estate values to dispose of the t look lack whereon the buildings are now located and with the proceeds 0 such sale erect the necessary buildings upon the fort douglas site the report of the chancellor of the board ot of regents is very complete and shows the past two years to have been very successful the total number of students registered for the years having been coming from all parts of the state the financial affairs of the Uni university verai ty are far from froda satisfactory and much that hike has been gained will be lost and the progress of the university serious ly impeded unless some better plan tor for maintenance can be devised the appropriation of for the past years year seems to have been inadequate and the fi social difficulties bave been aggravated by the nonpayment non payment bif f warrants drawn for appropriations A warrant drawn for the be last quarter of 1893 bee bae not yet been paid so that the real value of the warrant con eldering dering Bi the interest necessarily paid upon it is not more than the institution has been made to suffer the same proportionate discount uis count upon all the warrants received reco ived during the past two years as ae none of them have been paid but are used as collateral cul lateral security upon which to borrow money to reduce the interest the land fund belonging to the university bag baa been deposited the overdraft at I 1 he banks bank on maintenance account re be ferring to the enforced use of this fund the chancellor slid and board of regents have this to say this has deprived the university of interest on the land fund but this bis use of that lund fund has baa stopped interest at a higher rate than could be obtained on a long sate investment ot of ane fund and as we are authorized to use the interest on the laud land fund for main was the best us usa to which toe the fund could be put we have also borrowed from the land jand fund the sum of and anis practically represents our deti deficit cit I 1 I 1 am in hearty accord with the alms aims nd pur purposes posts of the university of utah ani ana believe that it is wisely and ana economically managed I 1 recommend that the suggestion of the chancellor and board of regents be given careful consideration esPe especially cally with reference to a permanent special tax for maintenance and that the appropriations asked asbed tor for be made viz to pay deficiency maintenance to end of school year june 30 1896 maintenance for school year 1896 97 total the agricultural jolinge Jo Co liege ut ai logan jacbo county by act of the legislative assembly in 1888 is a department ot of the public school system made so by constitutional enactment its cost including buildings and grounds has been it to is supported from two sou source reek ibe I 1 be state slate fund and the government fund the state fund supplies the plant the land buildings and ordinary appliances and must be used also for the be burrt curant nt ordinary expenses of the institution the salaries ea laries of instructors in any branches not designated in the congressional law and for the salaries of it the treasurer secretary bookkeeper ia eltor firemen etc the expenditure ot of the past two years justly chargeable to the state was rho trustees state that they know of no method by which the institution lion can be conducted cin ducted upon an expenditure of less that than annually the amount donated by the united states government is per year and according to national law is for the sole purpose of providing instruction in the branches named in the law anu and can be used only for the payment of teachers and the purchase ot 0 a specified kind and amount of apparatus the estimate made by the trustees ol of the |
