The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-22
BUDGET FINALLY
IS COMPLETED
Appropriation Bill Passes Both
Houses With Amendments
by Conference Committee.
AMOUNT GROWS GREATER
ALLOWANCE FOR JUVENILE
COURT IMPORTANT ITEM.

BY the adoption of their conference
committee reports on the general apprO-
prlauon bin the senate and house yester-
day further increased the total of the
figures carried by the budget for the
coming two years. The item of chief i'm
portance added to the appropriation bill
was Sl5,oto for the use of the juvenile
commission which is to be created by the
act passed by both houses suring the
last few days. In the juvenile court bill
itself no mention was made of an ap-
preparation for the carrying out Of its
provisions. Some say that this over
sight was intentional, inasmuch as there
was a moral certainty that there would
have been attempts to reduce $1,000 ap-
preparation, or otherwise tamper with it.
II, indeed. the bill itself had not been
sent TO the boneyard. BY including the
appropriation in the general bill all SUCH
pertls were avoided.
The university was given $4,000 over
the original senate apprOpra ton, and
$-'u'p less than the house amendment
provided for The compromise figure for
the university is S3400G0. The house Dlau
To divide the appropriations so that the
university proper should receive 500 ugJ
tine school of arts and sciences $4,000 for
apparatus and the school of mines 80
900, was not accepted. Therefore the
TO use the money as II deems best for
the institution.
The Agricultural college was given
S9,uuU over the senate apDTOpria ton max
ing Its share SHn0Go. This j. $4,000 less
than was proposed by the house. The
understanding Is that the eastern and
central experiment stations are to be
maintained with funds coming from the
government
The conference added So 600 for the pay
OF q referee ana StenOgrapherS i'm the
adJudlcauon OF water rights in Weber
county. District attorneys are granted
$500 for actual travelling and contingent
expenses, instead of S3O0n allowed by the
senate and $1,000 by the house.
The committee restored the appropria-
ton of N.UOl for the state library in place
of the 5000 set aside by the house. \
5000 increase was made in the appropria-
ton for sheep inspection making the to-
tai $4,000 as against $1,000
The state board of health Jared better
at the hands of the conference commit
tee than il did in the house on Wednes-
day The house on the previous day
struck down senate appropriation Of
$500 to $3.50. Three thousand dollars
was finally agreed upon. For the con-
tingent expenses of the board $1,000 was
allowed. compared with $1,000 by the SEN
ate and $500 by the house
Twenty-fOuT hundred dollars was ap-
propriated for the salary of a deputy
commissioner of statistics, who shall be
attached TO the auditors office. The
house committee receded from its reduc-
ton OF SlOVJ in the national guard ap-
propritiOn. and the amount stands as
originally fixed. so SGi
For road purposes the original senate
figures were accepted. save that Summit
county was given 5000 Emery 5000 half
to be used for roads and the other half
for bridges; Garfield, Willard and Piute
Sl-5e1 each. The county mmissioners in
each case are given the authority to ex-
pend the. money without direction from
the legislature.
House claims amounting to approx
mately $1,000 We're stricken out because
they had already been acted upon in the
regular order of business.
Thus the general appropriation bill was
completed at 4 O'Clock and passed by the
two houses. The work of engrossing was
still in progress when the senate took a
recess until 10 o'clock this forenoon The
house also had a number of measures 10
be engrossed and followed the senates
lead.