Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-03
APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY the
l7Th GENERAL ASSE MBlY,
State Register.

| NchSAoi AeSoluUly IOOI up III TOun'
numbers, including the specifi
amounts in the General Appropria
tion bill, $4S5, 900. This is a decreas
of about $4,000 as compared witt
the appropriations of the same ma
turo by the Sixteenth General Assem-
bly,, which were 1927, 900. The re
trcnchment bills passed this session
cut down the estimated ordinary ex
penditures about SITE, 600. and littl
bill for the collection Of insane dues
which emanated in the Senate Re
trenchment Committee, and becam,
9 law, can hardly fail to put anothe
100000 into the State Treasury
But we do not for the purpose of thi
article, count that. So, in spite of ,
general feeling that something wa
wrong when the Assembly adjourn
ed, q careful examination Of the worl
of this Assembly shows that the Stat
can expect to be out of debt at tn,
end of the present fiscal term. tn,
excess of ordinary receipts over
the ordinary expenditures, ~
estimated by the Auditor of State il
his report is $346, 900, and by adding
the other items Of excess we have 8
statement Of the situation as follows
Ordinary excess. e346, 90,
Reduction Of ordinary expenditures ..... 175, ,OOl
Insane d1cs coming to State supposing =.
Total. ........ .seal ,oo'
Out of this is to be paid about
$4OO 600 Of appropriations made BY
this Assembly, leaving 5000, 900 to ap.
ply on the floating debt. We count
these appropriations at $500, 600, be-
cause the interest Of the bonded debt
is included in this list of appropria-
tions and that is provided for in the
Auditors estimate. In the matter of
expenses at the hospitals for the in
sane, the new provisions for raising
the county dues will unquestionably
raise sufficient money to relieve the
State of any possibility Of having
more than $20 600 Of the floating debt
left at the convening Of the next Cen
eral Assembly.
DETAILED STATEMENT.
For the payment of expenses of
committees appointed to visit state
institutions, $766.
To establish central station of
Iowa weather service and the ap-
pointment of q director thereof,
$4,000.
Appropriating money to pay inau-
guration expenses, $l25.5O
For endowment and support of
State University, $4,000.
TO provide for fish culture in Iowa,
Appropriating money for expenses
incurred by threatened riots in 1877,
81, ,4S6.21.
For hospital of insane at Independ-
ence, $4,000.
Iowa Agricultural College, s., ,972. .25
Appropriating money for the sup
port Of the Girls Reform School and
provide for the leasing of grounds,
$1,000.
Making appropriations for expense
Of putting in heating apparatus in
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 1850.
To provide for rebuilding Deaf
and Dumb Asylum and for govern
ment Of same, $4,000.
For improvement Of penitentiaries
of state, $l7,S5O.
For new capitol building for pur.
chase Of lot and the construction of
sewers, $85,OOO.
Boys Reform School, $500.
For additional penitenfiary at Ana.
moss, $62,574.
Normal School at Cedar Falls, $l3,.
500.
Special appropriation for Asylum
for Feeble Minded Children at Glen
wood, $500.
For payment of State militia for
service preventing riots in 1877 S4, 600.
Insane Hospital at Mt. Pleasant,
$ly,SOO.
To Mills & Co., stationery, 1882.
For use of committee rooms, $48.
For relief of James and o. P. Wick
ham, $2,257.5O.
For salary Of Commissioner of An
amosa Penitentiary, $50.
General appropriation bill, $780,
OO4,35.
College for Blind, $1,000.
For expenses of commission to in
vestigate the Fort Madison Peniten-
tiary, $1,000.
Soldiers Orphans Home at Daven-
port, IS, 5,425.
Asylum for Feeble Minded Chill
dren, $ll 800.
To meet the requirements Of mill
tary Code, 5000.
To pay chaplains Of the l7th Gener.
al Assembly, 1856.
For further investigation of affairs
at Fn Madison Penitentiary, $1,000.
Grand total Of all appropriations
$4S4, 1860.