The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-08
Shows Big Excessive Expenditure. LAST SESSION OF TWO
 HOUSES COST $1O4, 4,668.67 Is Big Excess Per Diem of Any
 Other Session. Disbursement in Excess of Receipts. Large Increase in Educational and Pension Expenditures-Most voluminous Document Yet
 Issued Froh Auditing
 Department.

State Auditor William W. Brandon yesterday handed to the Governor his annual report, dating from October l, 1906, to September 30, 1907. The entire receipts of the State are shown to be s3,975.454.sS, or $19S,9o7.39 in excess of the revenues of the previous years. the revenues of the previous year. were $4.00S,329 or $62S.7S7.66 in ex- cess of the previous year.
 The report contains statements of re- ceipts and disbursements from all sources and of every character. each item being mentioned, with the name of the person paid to, as well as item ized statements of all revenue collected and turned over to the State Treasurer.
 An itemized statement is made of the expenditures over those for the same purpose last year. Perhaps the most interesting item being the cost of the sessions of the Legislature, amounting to $104, ,66S.67, whi ich is largely in excess per diem of any previous year of the meeting of the State Legislature, and does not include the acts which took revenues from the State.
 The Auditor explains at some length the reason for the excesses in expendi- ture, mentioning each item separately. The table of excess disbursements by items is as follows:
 Legislative expenses, two
 sessions. .. .. .. :. .s104,66S .67 Solvent credits (refunded).. 53,136. 30 Tobacco license (refunded).. 17,959. 50 License refunded (unex-
 pired).. 10,4SS. .b4 Public schools. .. .. .. .. 24,215. .26 Rural school houses. .... 27,302. % Alabama Polytechnic Insti-
 tute building. .. .. .... 11,1OO. .O0 University of Alabama. .. 34,5O0. .OO Medical department, Univer-
 sity of Alabama, :. .... 15,7s5. .s5 Deaf and blind building.... 34,039. .92 Boyds Industrial School. .. 9,654. .O0 Girls Industrial School. .. 34,300. .00 Agricultural schools. ..... 1O,690. 49 Wetumpka school building. .. 10, 900 .OO Athens school. .. .. .. .. 2,000. 90 Soldiers Honfe.. .. .. .. 2,731 35 Soldiers for pensions. .... 19,256 IT Executive department. .... 5,643. .85 Judicial department. .. ... 54,746. 35 Archives and history. .. .. 1,979.14 Military. .. .. .. 5000. % Railroad commission. .. .. 2,249. .S2 Special counsel. .. .. .. .. 2,OO0 % Health department. ... .. 6,735. A Special approximations Qn-
 cluding qu atine debt).. 1s.Os2. 50 Code comr sr.. .. .... 2,500. % Sanitary A.. ssss 1,794 or Cottor .. :. s. FPS .O3 Gar lau fden.. .. S62. .58 T. zlssss. .. .. 3,289. %
 Fr.a -g.v .. s..s 6,7S9.49
 .. 674. %
 +.crg astE .. a. 2.5O0, % Nst.Ii@ a-5 fts. .s .. 5000 100 s.l,l.L =---z. < 4. 2.67a, 47 Eet''r~ ssy ssss.. ..e.... s,4s2 20 Iie, !; 1.s.4F .partment (in-
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 In explaining these excessive expen- ditures the Auditor states the follow ing:
 That of this amount. over siOO. 900 was for legislative expenses, which was not incurred last year. Over S7O,OOO was refunded to the tax payers on account of taxes enormously paid on