The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-01
More of Expense Should be
Borne by Local Taxation to
Relieve Commonwealth.
Speciil Session Depends on
Normal School Suit.
ASSEMBLY EMBARRASSED STATE

frankfort Ky, Dec. If Gov
ernor Wilson calls a special session
OF the general assembly at all, the
general opinion prevails among tho
Republicans here, especially the Re
publican members of the Legislature
who have VISITED this city Lately. that
1t will be when the court of appeals
hands down its decision in the school
appropriation case, provided. OF
course, that the court holds that the
act is constitutional.
Governor Wilson has said that he
would call a special session of the
legislature when he desired to do SO.
AMI not until special was needed.
The leading Republicans say that IL
the special session is needed at all IL
will be when the appellate court de-
lcides that the state must pay over 20
the State University and Eastern and
Western Normal schools the appro-
priations made by the last general
ASSEMBLY. Several hundred thousand
of dollars must be paid out, and un-
less a special session of the legisIa-
ture is called and some provision is
made for the money, II is likely that
the schools will have to wait for
many months before they are paid.
| Auditor James has stated that he
will issue warrants for the money.
but it is up to the treasury to pay the
warrants. The attorney general has
given his opinion that the warrants
are interest bearing and IL may b.
that the trustees of the colleges can
get some OF the Kentucky banks to
take the Warrants and advance the
state the money. for IT is certain. 50
Auditor James says. that there win
be no money, enough in the treasury
for some time to come to pay OF
these warrants.
Auditor James thinks they can be
taken care of handily during the
course of the four years OF his admin
istration il the next session Of the
genesal assembly does not pile up
large appropriations, but that does
not relieve the present necessities.
The law is that these warrants must
be paid out of the money in the
treasury that has not been otherwise
appropriated. and the militia fund
this year will about eat up all the
surpms, so that it looks as n spe-
cial session would be the only thing
to relieve the needs of the colleges.
There will be some radical changes
to be made for the distribution of
the taxes collected when the next
general assembly meets. The distri-
button now is very unfair, as practi-
cally so per cent of all the money
collected goes into the school funi.
and each year the general fund runs
short. and large sums of money have
TO be borrowed from the school fund.
Superintendent Crabbe in mild
but positive manner has informed his
associates that he will protest against
the use of the school fund in that way
in the future.
Auditor James Is OF the opinion
that too much of the burden of carry
ling the schools is now placed on the
state. that there should be more local
taxation. He expects, however, to in
crease his receipts for his Office at
least $500, 900 annually during his
term of Office from back taxes and
other sources. and this will undoubt-
edly he'll some. until the reapportion-
ment is made.
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