The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-23
HAND|N THE. BUDGET
WHAT THE STATE WILL APPRO
PIRATE DURING TWO YEARS.
Legislative Appropriation Bill Amounts
TO More Than Thirteen Million
Dollars; This Amount Includes
Sums for Maintenance of N0rmals
and Other Institutions; Cash for
Departments; the List in Detail.

st. Paul, April 2O-The omnibu
appropriation bill providing money TO
state institutions and departments wa
introduced in botn houses late yester
day by Senator A. ID. Stephens an,
Representative w. ii. Putnam. Th'
bill was made a special order in thu
house for 10 "A. m. today. lncludin:
The standing appropriations it calls TO
the expenditure of slightly over $l3,
100000 i'm the next two years. Il
makes about S500000 immediately
available and i'm addition to standing
appropriations amounting to $3,5OO,OOO
provides S4.250.35O for 1910 and $3.50,
600 for 1911.
The tax levy for state purposes vii
be not to exceed one and one seven
teenth mills, the limit fixed two year:
ago. Twenty eight printed pages are
covered by the items of the bill. Tnt
most important follow:
For expenses of employers liability
commission. 5000. Special contingent
fund for prosecution of railroad rate
eases. 10000. Additional salary APP
preparation previously paid out of con
tingent fund.- 5000. for governors ey.
ecutive. clerk and 5000 for each assist
ant attorney general. Examination of
state lands, $4,000 each year. In
specting state mineral lands, $4,000
each year Advertising the sale OF
state lands. 5000. Additional for
expense of present legislature. $4,000
Additional aid To high schools, $l56,-
200 Additional aid to grade schools
S31 400 Additional to semi graded
schools, S34,994 First class rural
schools, $751; Second class rural
schools, $52,3l2. Salary of second as
sistant superintendent of public in
strnction, l,S00. Additional salaries
for railroad commissioners. 5000 each.
Dairy and food department mainte-
nance, $4,000. Additional salary,
$500 each for deputy dairy and food
commissioner and secretary of com
mission. STATE board of health for
laboratory, $4,000 year; branch lab
oratories, $1,000: Pasteur institute,
81 800: control of contagious diseases,
investigation and prevention of tuber-
culosis. $500 year. Bureau of labor,
womans department, $1,000; contin-
gent expenses. $4,000.
For Animal Industry.
Livestock sanitary board, payment
f,-. l. Ill al Of t,,h
culosis or CHAMBERS. $54 .793.l0 available
Immediately and $4,000 year Bn-
reau of immigration, available at once,
$4,000 and $20,000 a year. State sol
diers' home, additional for support,
$4,000; general repairs, $1,000; renew
ing plumbing, $500; building for sur
eeon and staff and remodeling of hos
p;tal, 100000; additional for power
plant and fire protection. $1,000. Wom-
EN- of the G. A. r. for home at Anoka,
$500. State library commission,
$4,000. State drainage commission for
general work, 100000 IA year; for
dam at the outlet of Big Stone lake,
S25,0 900. State fair, for new grand
stand, $2O0.000. State highway commits
sion. additional for secretary's salary,
800; for maintenance, $4,000. State
university, for heating plant, Sl30.000;
medical building for anatomy and his
toloey. 100000; general medical
building to take the place of Willard
hall to he turned over to college of
pharmacy, 100000; completion of
Elliott hospital, $4,000; law library,
$1,000; general library, $4,000; period
ieals and binding, $500; cataloging
library. $500; care of campus, $1,000;
general repairs, $4,000; for homeo-
pathic college, $4,000; for maintenance
of same, $4,000; for women's dormi-
tory, $l00.G00; extension work, de-
partment of economies, $1,000; college
of education, 5000; for maintenance,
$4,000 for 1910, and 100000 for
l9lL
School of agriculture, for women's
dormitory, $4,000; repairs on Fender
CAST hall, $4,000; completion of dairy
pavilion, $4,000; remodeling and
equipping dairy hall, $4,000; purchase
of live stock, $4,000; board of forestry
school. $4,000; erection of denatured
alcohol plant, $4,000; other repairs,
$4,000; Investigations and expert
ments, $4,000; for mechanical build
ing. 100000. Crookston school of agri-
culture, main building, 100000; girls
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