The sun., 1903-05-23
0DELL PRAISES His own WORK
,0\GRATI LATES THE LEGISLA-
TIRE on THE RESI- Its.
hectares That Increased state Revenue
Has Not Been Gained at the Expense
of the Nunicipalities--He Says the
Irr,slsture Was Not Extravagant.

Albany. May 22-Gov. Odell to-day
,ove ont his memorandum prepared to
accompany the bill signed yesterday which
d,.s a, i3-iOO of mill the direct tax rate
f.,- 1901 SThis direct tax IL required by
Inc Constitution for canal interest and
sinking fund payments and is all the direct
~. viii be levied in the State for the
year beginning next Oct ober In his memo
randum the Governor says:
r1r-p. or the constitutional requirement
which nal rs necessary the levying OF this
.mall tax the pledges OF the dominant party
for the total abolition OF direct tax would
have been accomplished at the present session
ol the legislature. With the adoption In 1908
NJ the atI,-ndment to the Constitution which
vll permit the payment of this tax from the
general fund there will be no longer the ne
c.ssty for the levying OF n direct tax for the
ordinary expenses of State government.
The total Of all appropriation bills sent TO
the Executive by the Legislature OF 1903
va, 81. 49, ,O6l. Items OF direct appropria-
rlon disapproved amounted TO S:.057, ,9i4:
the total OF reappropriated items disallowed
wits ssa 7o5; making the gross amount OF dis
approved items 81. l5i8i9 and leaving the total
ne, appropriations sea, 487, ,442.
The total OF appropriations for the year
lNoa was 3?l, 096, ,005. showing an increase
this year OF 81 ,5oo,5a7. While these figures
might lead to the belief that the increase
Wa due to eNtravagance by the Legislature.
when th. items nre analyHed IL will be found
that tnrr" has been no extravaRance In pro-
ruiIng for the ordinary expenses OF the State.
IN" arproprintions as COMPARED with last
wear show the following increases
For cnlHrging the scope of the Tubercu-
lo-s Hospital. Sli5.OOO.
For the Home for Crippled and Deformed
tur the purchase Of farm for the Roch-
ester Industrial school. sl25,OOo.
For the purchase Of new site for a new
hospital for the insane $50 900.
For the erection Of new administration
buildings and for isolation HOSPITALS for in
tecti"us and CONTAGIOUS diseases: and for
dred additional patients. AZ we'll as to care
for the ordipary Increase Ia eIpensea,
ikea f 1r Ss
For academic education. SloO.oOo
For increase In the appropriations for
For new dormitories at tho Craig Colony,
$4,000,
For increased expenses Of the Judiciary.
s?TG5
For grade crossings. SIS, 900.
For additional land at Cresdmoor, and for
For increased share Of the States e1-
nense toward the repairing OF roads under
thm, Plank k-Fuller laws, Sio3, 1888.
ba seen that the increase OF million and
a half dollars over last years appropria.
hons Is 'Hsn HScS SSs for s5s a hs
borne @ out fhi. has has ali pbt Been acoo@pshed
. 94a nsFe ON VIII The be dayp ddSpaf' OF S ss s
after providing for all appropriations now
in force. Of 90 ooo, 900 approximately thus
pendi,ares and with estimated t receipts OF Of
s22, 800, 600 for the year beginning Oct, l.
1904. u tax rate. will be unnecessary again
sSS and w be lett IN st
Treasury for the new administration which
viii take tor,c ;ss Mbis IN 1905 ,o,s,.o,orv do no
measure fully the work Of the Legislature
As affecting the city Of New York by th'
the. sinking fund in excess Of requirement.
and reducing the percentage for the schSo
receives the benefit Of for the first time THU
year. the taxpayers Of that city will be re-.
II, addition to this. tho Lssisllstnrs has
provided for the education OF children. for
Who would use their labor at the expense
Of their health and education. In broaden:
lng the scope Of charitable work in othe' e
Its record will cOmpare favorably with that
Of any Of its predecessors; and the lsxs @ a,
re;,itation % n OF Of he criticisms which have beer
made from time to time upon its action
The financial part of the work has beer
made possible by the new amendment. t.
the ENcise law, The operation Of that Law
for the first ten days shows an increase o.
ss7s9s7 over the corresponding period OF
the preceding year, and it gives the localities
an increase OF S74O.5o0 over the fiscal .yeal
1929. The Increased revenue to the ,INat stat
ment for the year is estimated at s5,oo5.7 80
The decrease. in the number, OF licensed
places In the rst ten days OF the new laws
operation was 2 9-l0 per cent.
II may be said almost without Question
that the results that have been produced
in increasing the states income have added
eiuns of tho various localities. thus carry
inr out we'll defined policy to secure new
moneys without taking anything away from
the municiDalii les.
With this record the Legislature of $50:
ran well afford to 30 before the people OF the
State with the certainty OF meeting with
Which In effect ends the legislative enact
maents Of the wear, take, this opportunit,
atnre, as well as the, people otthe State. npoer
the wisdom which has been. shown and the
results which have been produced.