The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-06-02
State Appropriations.


The general appropriation bill which
passed the house finally last Friday
provides for the distribution of $I7,
9o7,463.73 the next two fiscal years
beginning June 1. OF this amount
Ss53,179,a6 is for the payment OF
salaries and expenses of the several state
departments, and is divided as fol
lows: Executive, $so,o5S.3o; state,
$64,Soo auditor general, $62, 900. o6
treasury, $3S,4oo; attorney, gen., $23,.
100 internal affairs, $50, 1000; banking,
$4,000 adjutant general, $4,000
library, $4,000; public printing,
$500 state reporter, $ra,ooo pub
lie buildings and grounds, $4,000
sinking fund commissioners, $500
board Of pardons, ss,aoo; factory
inspector, s23,5oo; harbor officers,
Philadelphia, $z5,5oo.
There is set apart for the judiciary
department, $I,Io5, 200. The supreme
judges willge $I3a, 200 of this amount;
the common pleas judges, $SIS,ooo
orphans court judges, $4,000 as
sociate judges, $4,000 $4,000 ad-
ditionai is provided for the payment
Of mileage and extra services of com.
mon pleas and associate judges. There
will go to the legislative department
Ss54,ooo.eo, of which $134,So2 is ap-
propriated to the senate and $4Io,-
oa6.9o to the house of representa-
tives.
Twelve million dollars 60 for the
support of the common schools, ST.
900, 900 for free text books and $oo,-
900 for salaries of county superinten-
dent. The additional items in the
bill follow: Interest on funded debt,
$6oS, 900 salaries of mine inspectors,
100000 examination of candidates
for mine inspector, boss and foreman,
$ra, repairs to public bui dings
and grounds and salary of florists,
mechanics, &c, c.,$a6,642 Harrisburg
fire department, Sa,a postage, ex.
press charges and incidental expenses
Of state departments, $500 opening
and counting returns for state treasur-
er, $1,000; examination of accounts
Of city and county officers, $1,000
military claims, So, 900 revising sche.
dule for stationery, supplies, &c, oi
state departments, 5000; funeral ex.
penses of the late Senator Neeb, Of
Allegheny, $3I9,o8 investigating
charges against the state printer
$975.I4; expenses of senate com.
mittee's inquiry into condition of anth
racite coal mines, $I7o.4o; serving
special election writs in the Forty
second senatorial district, SOL serving
special election writs in three legisla
tive districts, $I7a; George G. Hutch
inson, serving special election writ:
and other services, $466.1o ex- Proth
onotary Ulrich, of Hummelstown, fol
fees in state cases, So36.45.
Another item in the bill provides for
the payment to Sergeant alarm:
Hopes, of the house, $500 for at
tendance upon Representative Nc
Gill, of Crawford, and Assistant Post
master Hayes, Of Erie, during theil
serious illness and removing them tc
their homes. Hopes put in bill ol
$500 for this service, but it was cut ir
two by the appropriations committee
Forty thousand dollars for clerk hire
and $4,000 for carrying out the pro
visions of the ballot law are included
in the amount provided forthe state
department. OF the $4,000 appro
prlated to the attorney generals de
partment $500 is "for the payment
OF associate counsel fees and other ex
penses incurred by this department ir
the prosecution of cases against the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad
company, Philadelphia and Reading
coal and iron company, the Lehigf
Valley railroad company and othe
coal producing and transporting com
panies." OF the amount appropriated
for public grounds and buildings $3oe
is set apart for uniforms for five watch
men and the elevator man.