Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
Requests For Appropriations by
Legislature Exceed Two
Million Dollars
THE SCHOOLS WANT $4,000
The Proposed Tuberculosis Hospital
Calls for an Appropriation of $780,
600 and Other State Institutions Ask
for Large suns-schools Will Be
Cut Down.

Des. Moines, Jam 2-The legislature
which meets next Monday has $550,O00
to put into extraordinary appropria-
lions for one year. according to the
estimate made by the auditor Of state,
and which will be repeated by Cover
nor Cummins in his message next
Thursday. The appropriations which
it has been suggested it shall make
already foot UP to $2,641,000.
1t is assumed that the assembly will
appropriate for one year only Of the
biennial period. The auditor estimated
that there would be 81, 100000 on hand
for extraordinary appropriations for
the biennial period. This means $780,
600 for the one year. The $2,O41,00o
which already has been asked or esti-
mated, of course, covers the entire
period; one-'half of it could be appro-
priated to be expended in the second
half of the biennial period, but this
would interfere with the business OF
the legislature OF 1907, and will not be
attempted, probably.
Not Complete List.
The estimates given in the foregoing
table do not cover the whole of the APP
preparations that will be asked or nee
essary. There will be the cost of the
extra employees of the assembly,
amounting to $4,000 or more, the Ben
edict and other rescue homes, which
get $4,000 biernially, and score OF
other necessary expenditures.
The standing appropriations, OF
course, foot UP close to 100000 in adj
dition to the extraordinary ones to be
provided for.
In former legislatures . proposition
to buy Bort Atkinson has been ad-
vance.l. Last session 1t gave way to
the proposal to expend $150,000 tor
Camp Mcclellan at Davenport. This
property has been plated since and 1t
will not be bought by the state 1t 10
not Impossible that the Fort Atkinson
proposition will be revived.
Nothing is estimated in the figures
given for the construction Of reforma-
tories The commission which has
been investigating the indetermfnate
sentence will recommend the estab-
lishrnent of a aeformatory for men at
Anamosa and the transfer OF all con-
victs to Fort Madison. This will re-
auire new cell house to hold TOO or
500 convicts at Fort Madison. This
would cost $25O,000.
Schools Will Be Cut Down.
1t is, assumed that the appropriations
asked by the educational institutions,
amounting to s15O,00O, will be cut down
by the assembly, even il the board Of
control idea does not prevail. In any
event the legislature is likely to refer
the appropriations asked by these in
stitutions Of the commission which has
investigated them, with a view to re-
cetving report from them as to how
the money should be divided. 1t is
possible also that from this reference,
il it be made, there may develop a con-
clusion as to the board of control bus
mess. That u.s. the legislature may de-
eide to allow the institutions to remain
under the present management and
appoint legislative committees to di-
vide the appropriations among them
each two years The legislature
last session for the first time
materially cut down the appropriations
asked for the penal and charitable In
stitutions by the board of control. II
is very likely that the asking OF S1,15O,-
600 will be cut down at this session
quite materially. 1t is more than the
auditor reports to be in the state treas
ury or in prospect during the next two
wears for extraordinary appropria-
lions.