Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-07-31
rnE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

1
There is no material Increased cxpendf.
turs provided In the executive depart
mont, but the state department is author.
iscd to pay out over 81, 900 moro than In
1899; the auditor generals department
nearly Ga, 600; the state treasury nearly
| @, 900; the department OF internal affairs
about s25, 600; tho banking department
sSs, 600 making its total possible dis
bursements $l24 600; department Of public
instru ction, 1900; adjutant generals de-
partnent, 5000; factory inspectors do.
partinent, over $37, 900. making its total
authorized payments $S2, 600; hnrbvr mas
ter's office of Philadelphia, over q, 900;
department of public buildings and
grounds about e23, 900, making its total
| this year 81, 600.
! Tho largo increase in the department OF
banking is due to larger salaries, more
clerks and additional bank examiners.
Tho amount appropriated to the depart
mont Of agriculture Is S9S,O0O, OF which
eIS, 900 nrc payable to the secretary and
other officers, including the deputy, dairy
and food commissioners, economic zOolo-
gist. forestry commissioner and state vet
erinarian. The department is provided
| with SO 900 as q contingent fund, $4,000
for tho expenses Of the farmers institute
and $s5, 900 for tho expenses Of the dairy
and food commissioner. Forty eight thou
sand douarSWill be required to pay the
twenty deputy factory inspectors author
lied to be appointed under n new law pro-
viding for q more rigid inspection Of sweat
shop methods, and $50 COO to pay their
travelling expenses.
EXPENSES OF THE JUDICIARY.
Bills passed by the last legislature and
approved by the governor increased the
expenses Of the judiciary from 81. .175, 600
to 81, 324. .0C0. OF the increase Of sli9, 600,
elO9. 900 are due to the creation Of the su-
perior court, whose members alone will
receive for their services for two years
e9s 600. The number of common pleas
judges was increased from "a to 6S, and
the consequent cost to the state So 600 for
the nSxt two years. An additional or
phans' court judge in Schuylkill county
added es, 600 more to the judiciary expense
account There arc twelve common pleas
Judges in Philadelphia, nine in Allegheny
county and seventy in the rest of the state,
whose aggregate salary the next two years
will be $40, 900.
The supreme court judges will draw
from the state treasury &l32, ,O0Oin salaries.
and sl9, zoo will be disbursed for clerical
and other expenses in connection with the
cost the state $lOI, 400, the associate judges
t64 900, and the mileage and extra pay of
common pleas judges for holding court In
other districts than their own is estimated
in the general appropriation bill 1T S75, ,OGO.
There arc about sixty associate judges in
half rs many counties in the state.
LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES.
The amount appropriated fer the pay,
of 81 ic
while two years ago S5i4, 35S were provided
for similar purpose. A portion Of the
Increase Of s57. .5l3 was ascribablo to the
increased length Of the session. and to the
consequent increased compensation of
nearly all tho officers of tho senate and
house and Of all employees. Tho senate Is
credited with an expenditure OF Elsa. SO
and the house with Siis, sol. The salaries
Of the senators amounted to i75. 800 and
those OF the members Of the house -
t3O4 500.
Outside O; state department, judiciary
and legislative expenses provided for in
the general appropriation bill e12. ESQ, 5S8
are set aside for many other purposes.
For the support of the schools tho same
amount 10 voted rs two years ago, Oil, ,0OO,-
900 for two years. The amount appro-
priated for the payment Of county supcrin-
tondents Is increased from $50, 900 to eloS =
900. and for the education Of teachers In
;hs normal schools from tl96. COO to $3.50, :
900. The latter sum Is in addition to the
SEQ, 900 the governor disallowcd In veto,
which he soon after withdrew and supple
mented with the approval OF tho bill max
Ing the appropriation. For the payment
OF interest on tho funded debt there is ap-
proprintcd S53S, 7i2, about $50, 600 less than