The morning call., 1891-04-07
THE STATES CASH.
Reasons Assigned for the Governors Action
On Appropriation Bills.

On Appropriation Bills.
The Governor said in an interview to-day
that the greatest difficulty under;which he la
bored was the fact that he was notpermitted,
under the Constitution, to scale down items
of appropriation in the General Appropria-
ton Bill, but must either approve or disap-
prove each item as whole. Were
he permitted by the Constitution to
exercise his Judgment and discre-
ton in regard to each item lie
thinks he could have brought the total of
the items for all the appropriations for the
forty-third and forty-fourth fiscal years
within the fifty-cent limit without disap-
proving any appropriation for the compile
ton CT erection of new buildings for the
various public institutions, which appro2ria-
ton, in many cases, he thinks are more
meritorious than the excessive amounts
allowed in the main items Of the appropria-
ton bill.
EXCESSIVE APPROPRIATIONS.
The appropriations for the State Agri--
cultural Society, for a very large number of
district Agricultural associations, for the
Mining Bureau, Viticultural Commission
and various others, not necessary 10 enumer-
ate, are entirely beyond what he deems
the necessities of the case demand.
as the total amount appropriated
for the various departments OF ag
riculture, horticulture. etc, aggregates
| the immense sum OF S3S0,OOO. 1t Is within
! the limit of probability that had the Senate
Finance Committee not increased so largely
many items of the General Appropriation
| Bill as it passed the Assembly, from which
increase they refused at ali times to recede,
| the Governor would not have been compelled
TO dlsapprOve so many special approprla-
| tons. He does not consider that the
| appropriations made for deficiencies in
| che various offices created by the prede-
| cessors of the incumbents, and the appro-
| pratiOns for the various claims which
| have accrued against the State in the past
years and which have been approved by
b him as just claims, as part OF the running
| expenses of the State Government for the
| furty-third and forty-fouTth fiscal years, but
insists that lie should be and Is bound by
the Republican platform, on which he was
elected, and the pledges made by his party
| and himself on the subject.
CASH IN THE TREASURY.
In arriving at his conclusions in this
| matter he says the cash in the Treasury at
| the present time or the amount the Con-
| trallrr estimates will be in the Treasury on
the 1st of July, 1891, cuts no figure what
| ever In the matter and has not been used by
hin in his calculation, nor does the Gov
| ernor consider himself bound altogether by
| the tax-levy bill, for it provides for an
allowance of 9h per cent for deficiencies
and collections, while the Con-
| tTOllGrS DOCKS SHOW IUHL fI2 per
| cent would have been proper allowance,
| as that is the average for the years 18S6-S7
| and 1SSS-S9 The Governor claims that the
plain, simple fact that has controlled his
! action in the entire matter Is that the
amount appropriated for the purpose OF car
| rying on tho State Government for the
| forty third aud forty fourth fiscal years
| should not exceed so cents on each 500 assess
able property, which fact has compelled
him TO disapprove many items which other
wise would have received his sanction.
APPROPRIATIONS AND RESOURCES.
The following statement Of appropriations
and resources was given to correspond
ent by the Governor: General Fund,
| 81, 397, 957 orphans, aged indigents,
etc, S7S0,000; reimbursement, $3.50;
State Board of Equalization, $4,000;
Interest aud Sinking Fund, S261,710 Uni
docinO Asylum Fund, S175,0O0; School Fund,
| So 1872, 34S; new buildings, Improvements,
! etc, $685. ITO. Total, S10,59l,649.
The amount produced by an assessment OF
80 cents on each 500 assessable property in
the forty-third and forty fourth fiscal years
would be S10,997,729 This will leave sur
| plus of S4OG0S0 for deinquencies and costs
| Of collection, which, at IA per cent as
shown by the books OF the Control
| Ter, should be 1924 500. making
deficiency of S4lS.7 49, which is provided for
by disallowing the following appropriations:
Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylum, $50, $40;
| Preston School of Industry, SOL, 900; main
tenance for same, $4,000; improvements on
the same, $1,000; Yosemite wagon-road,
| $4,000; Stockton Insane Asylum, $40, 900;
Mend0cino Insane Asylum, $4,000.
ITEMS SAVED.
The amount that will be produced by the
| sale of the Santa Clara HGme for Feeble
minded Children, as credited by the appro-
| priation for that institution, is 1000; for
two deputies Of the State Library, S72O0;
/ To- tafa CO1G0 will
thus be seen that he has been compelled TO
| disapprove items to the extent of nearly
| S700,0O0 in order to accomplish this purpose.
| To determine which OF the public Institutions
| should not receive its appropriation has
| been very hard problem for the Cover
nor to solve. In order to determine this
he has made very careful study of each
| one and OF their interests and has withheld
| his approval from those that he believes
would suffer the least during the next
in detail on each item as above
the Governor said he disallowed
the appropriation for the Preston School of
| Industry for the reason that the Whittier
weeks and will accomn odate perhaps 400 in
| mates, which is probably as large number
as ought to be sentenced to such an institu-
ton for the ensuing two yenrs.
The lone Home could not by any
| possible means be made ready for
at least eighteen this, which would leave
but six months more to wait for an appro-
priaticn frocl the next Legislature. The
| appropriation for the Whittier Reform
| School would furnish and complete that
institution, and 1t is entirely proper that
the Legislature two years hence should ap-
propriate sum to complete the one located
| at lone.
LOCATION OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Government is firm believer that
public institutions of State, created for any
one purpose, should not have been seat
tered throughout the different parts of the
State, as has heretofore been the custom.
In this connection he thought the proper To-
cation for the Preston Reform School was
at Folsom, where water and the water
power necessary would have cost nothing,
whereas, in Its present location. over
$4,000 has been expended for that purpose