The record-union., 1897-02-21

time. for work that had been ordered
through the regular channels, your
honorable body allowed claims aggre-
eating S91 PSI S3. That lett in the
fund available for the support of the
Printing Office for the balance of the
year. the sum of Sl2. I61 50 In this
connection, it ought 10 be stated. the
sum of about 81 900 was expended ON
claims allowed by your honorable
body, in preparation for the Legisla
ture. Since the Legislature convened
the State Printing Office has printed
bills that have been introduced, as pro-
vided by the Consti tuition, and other
work as ordered by the Legislature ana
State officers, THE total amount Of
claims for which is the sum of about
S3S 600.
Your honorable body has allowed
since the beginning of this year claims
aggregating S11, ,525 40 which still
leaves in the Treasury available for the
use of the State Printing Office the sum
of S1242 IS.
1t is difficult. If not impossible, to es-
innate the amount that VIII be requir-
ed TO be expended for the necessary
uses of the Legislature; but | will say,
however, for your information, that the
amount expended for this purpose Two
years a go was the sum of about SfS,-
000, and I presume ii will be fair to es-
innate that a like amount Will be nee
e,Ssiary this year.
1T will be equally difficult, if not i'm
possible. to estimate the amount Of
money that Will be required TO supply
the demands of the State institutions
and officers for the remainder of this
fiscal year. If | could know in ad-
vance what these items would be
could make an approximately accurate
estimate 1t would be fair to estimate
under normal circumstances, that the
demands upon this office for this pua'-
pose. for the balance of the year, would
be $4,000; but 1T will probably be
greater than this sum. because all the
departments and institutions are re
Training from sending me orders
knowing that | am unable to fill them,
not only from lack of funds, but also
because the demands made upon me by
the Legislature are so great tfpht can
attend to nothing else, and it VIII be
fair TO estimate, therefore, that the de-
mands will approximate SloOUo.
In order to carry on the work re
uuirad by the Legislature 1T VIII De
necessary to have an additional ap-
IprOpriation of $40, COO and in ofder 10
run the State Printing Office so as TO 40
the work required by the other depart
ments of the Government until the first
day of July, 1897.
At the beginning of the session OF
this Legislature there was no defl-
ciencv. and the Legislature undertook
to provide additional appropriations,
which, for reasons known to you, have
not become laws. There are now pend
ing in the Legislature two bills, known
respectively as Assembly bills S63 ana
SCI, making appropriations of money
for the purposes described.
[ respectfully place these matters pc
fore your honorable body, ask you TO
give them your careful attention 10
authorize the creation of Indebtedness
for the purposes l have mentioned, anu
to take such steps as 1t may De your
duty or province to do in the premises
I desire to state to you that 1t is ap-
solutely necessary that the approprla-
ton named should be made in order
that the State Printing Office may pe
carried ON and the work desired may be
performed.
For YOUR information l attacn 10 TINS
statement a certificate from the state
Controller showing the condition OF the
Controllers books, and showing the
balance on hand to the credit OF the
State Printing Office, for its support
and maintenance, and also statement
of the aggregate amount OF CLAIMS tnal
have been allowed against that fund on
claims audited and allowed by your
honorable body. Respectfully,
A. ]. JOHNSTON,
Superintendent of State Printing Office.
Sacramento, February 10, 1897.
The Controllers statement referred to
is as follows:
To the Honorable State Board OF
Fxaminers-Gentleme l hereby GER
tify that the balance of the appropria-
ton for the support of the State Print
irg Office available July l, 1896, was
S1O3, 800 II, against which warrants
for claims approved by your honorable
board aggregating $102, 7o7 23 have
been drawn. leaving the sum Of
S1.242 IS now available for the sup
port of the State Printing Office for the
remainder Oh the IoIty -SiSLitii AA7N''A
year. Very respectfully yours,
E. p. COLGAN, State Controller.
STATEMENTS:
July /. 1896, balance avail
able .fIoo,ooo H
February 10, 1897, warrants
drawn Io-''o' -
Ra1ance available :. :. $1,242 IS