DEPARTMENT OF STATE BIENNIAL REPORT OF FRED A. SIMS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF INDIANA FOR THE Fiscal Term Ending September 30, 1910 LIDRA TO THE GOVERNOR INDIANAPOLIS : WM. B. BURFORD, CONTRACTOR FOR STATE PRINTING AND BINDING 1910 THE STATE OF INDIANA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, INDIANAPOLIS, October 15, 1910. Received by the Governor, examined and referred to the Auditor of State for verification of the financial statement. THOS. R. MARSHALL, Governor. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE, INDIANAPOLIS, October 15, 1910. The within report, so far as the same relates to moneys drawn from the State Treasury, has been examined and found correct. JOHN C. BILLHEIMER, Auditor of State. October 15, 1910. Returned by the Auditor of State, with above certificate, and transmitted to Secretary of State for publication, upon he order of the Board of Commissioners of Public Printing and Binding. MARK THISTLETHWAITE, Secretary to the Governor. Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, October 15, 1910. FRED A. SIMS, Received the within report and delivered to the printer this 1st day of November, 1910. A. E. BUTLER, Clerk Printing Bureau. REGISTER OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE. FRED A. SIMS, Secretary of State. FRANK I. GRUBBS, Deputy Secretary of State. RICHARD T. BURRELL. Clerk. A. C. MILLIKAN, Recording Clerk. LOURETTA LESLEY, Stenographer. E. M. FOWLER, Clerk and Stenographer. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BIENNIAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE. STATE OF INDIANA, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. HON. THOS. R. MARSHALL, Governor: Sir-Complying with Indiana laws, I find pleasure in submitting herewith a report concerning the affairs of the Department of State for the two years ending September 30, 1910 In the matter of fee collections the office has sustained its reputation of recent years as a revenue producer, in that a normal amount has been realized for the use and benefit of the State. Twice in its history the financial returns of the office have exceeded the two years covered by this report, but in those periods there were abnormally large receipts, due to extraordinary fees from railroads and the then development in interurban construction and extension. From October 1, 1908, to September 30, 1910, the receipts have been as follows: For purposes of ready comparison of the income through the Secretary of State's office for a number of years past I append the following table of receipts: |