Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-08
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR TWO YEAS
Legislature s. Does Not Run
Far Beyond Other
Sessions

ISEcStAl8 uBuTSs.
1t has been the fashion to call the
present legislature the million Dol
lar legislature-and they will spend
a lot more than that in various ways.
But a close study of the appropriations
bill will show that the ninth session
has been the very reverse Of reckless
or extravagant.
The total appropriations to be al
lowed for at this session run up TO
81, 194,59972. This includes all the
appropriations so far made and those
in the report to be made today. The
Alaska Yukon exposition, the Shoup
statue, the creation of the new state
boards, for the revision and codifica-
ton of the state laws, for prosecuting
the Steunenberg cases, for the deficien-
cy warrants left over from the last
administration, and all the odds and
ends of direct appropriations are in
cluded, as well as the funds for the
administration of the state offices and
departments. This is exclusive of the
bond issues for improvements, which
total more than 100000.
There are some figures in this re-
port however, which tell story the
reverse of recklessness. While the
last legislature appropriated $700, 900
to be raised by direct tax, and this
one will ask $1,OO0,00O in the same
manner it should be noted that the
last legislature ran in debt almost
$3.50, 900; $54,516.94 on the Steunen-
berg case. and $72,4S7.7s on the gem
eral business, which sum is to be paid
up by this years appropriation, as we'll
as $4,000 advance raised for the
prosecution of the Steunenberg cases,
and $4,000 for paying interest and
taking care of any deficiency warrants.
Instead of leaving the state in debt
to start the next year, the present pro-
vision should take 1t through without
cent of debt, except for some unusu-
al emergency which cannot be fore
told or predicted.
Started Out With Deficit.
While the direct levy is to be set at
$1O0O,o00 for the two years it is
expected that the subsidiary reven-
ues from the various state offices and
some other revenue measures now
pending before the legislature will
swell the total receipts to the state
to approximately $1,3O0,OOO. If these
revenues come in as expected, it will
leave about 100000 of the state funds
on hand at the close of the two years.
This legislature started in consider
ably more than that much behind
To take in the increased appropria-
lions found absolutely necessary for
maintenance of the state credit, like
the payment of the bills for the Steun-
enberg cases, the payment of the
heavy deficiency warrants for the
state land board and other depart
ments and the bills for the necessary
advance in the cost of maintaining
state institutions, like $4,000 extra
for the school for the deaf, DUN and
blind. $4,000 more for the state land
board, $4,000 more for the penitenti-
airy, the present legislature will not
have gone much II any more than $780,
600 beyond the past legislature in
spending money. Taking out the
$104.51694 for the Steunengerg cases,
past and future. all of which is now
cared for, and the old warrants taken
up, the total expenditure is but $12s.-
600 more than the last legislature. Out
of this excess is paid the large neces-
sary increase for the institutions iust
mentioned.
Amounts TO be Appropriated.
In the report to be submitted the
regular state departments will be al
lowed as follows:
Governors salary .. 40 mn
Governors secretry salary -. $500
ONCE expenses ........ Anon
Secretary of state salary ...... $500
salary clerks ................. 1880 |
Compiling laws, senate and
mouse journals ........ 5000 |
travelling expenses ...... 500
ONCE expenses ............. 1000
State auditors salary ....... $500
Salaries assistants and
N4eIhs $500. ''..'.......... 10000 /
Office expenses ............... 1000
Attorney general, salary ...... 5000
assistants and stenog- /
raphers ............... 5000