Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-23
Legislators Wrestle With Prob
lem OF Appropriations and
Expenditures
CONTROL BOARD NEEDS LESS
No Large Buildings Needed at Any Of
Institutions Except School. = Col
Iesss Asking for Million and Halt in
Addition to Millase Tax.
Addition to MiIIase Tax-Estimates
Being. Made. ,

Des Moines, Jan. 13.-Already tn
men who do things in the Legislature
are trying to figure out the problem o
fitting appropriations to revenues
| Thus far, the problem seems simple
A rough statement prepared shows a!
follows:
Funds available, CARROTS es-
Fifteen state institutions 80. 405,S5t
Three educational institutions 1890, Ion
Total needed ..............$1.4s5,s5 $50
Not appropriated ......... 4,05t
In addition there are to be bills fol
many other items such as the fol-
lowing:
Farm for epileptics ..........$ 1900
Historical building ........... $4,000
Highway bonus ...,........... 100000
Improving state grounds ..... 10000
Land at state university ...... 100000
The askings for the three state ed
uHational institutions is divided be-
tween them as follows:
State University ............ $3.50, 500
State College ;................. 469, 500
State Normal College ........ $4,000
This is in addition to the millage
taxes for building purposes for the
three educational institutions, which
millage taxes will bring to them about
s720,G00 in the period. This is, of
course, all appropriated.
The askings for the board of control
institutions would indicate that the end
is near. for very heavy askings for
these institutions. and that hereafter
the main items OF the biennial budget
will be for repairs and for small build
ings to complete the plants already
owned No very large buildings are
now wanted ct any Of these fifteen
institutions.
The askings for the colleges would
indicate that the building up process
is but fairly commenced for IN the
items. are several extensive expendi-t
lures in new buildings and equipment
aside from the millage taxes.
If the legislature should appropriate
all that is asked for and needed at
the eighteen state institutions which
includes colleges. hospitals, reforma-
tories and honest WORLD just take
the money which the state auditor
has estimated will be available for
extraordinary appropriations. ii
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The The STATE Jaw library, thru ITS leg
islative reference department, is
doing great deal to aid the
members of the legislature I'M
finding out the trend of ieg1s-
lation In other states. The library
is now receiving regularly copies OF the
bills introduced in the legislatures OF
several other states.
Among the bills just received from
California is a bill to give that state
direct, primary law for making NOM
nations, and 1t is patterned very close
" after the Iowa law. Some time ago
) representative secured on applica-
zion. to Governor Garst, a copy OF the
Iowa law for this express purpose, tho
Indicating he had little hope OF getting
such d reform thru so long as the
Southern Pacific owns the state. An
,ther bill provides for placing names
St judicial candidates on the ballot
without party designation. Another
IS for compulsory vaccination. and
another. is a very strict bill against
gambling.
A Maine bill Just received shows
hat Maine is also catching up with the
a bill being to provide booths
,or the voters while they mark their |
ballots. There is also a Maine bill for
many Improvements In the ballot sys-
EN-. A bill provides for state po-
ice force consisting Of q chief and
hree deputies. In the Maine legisla-
ure they have joint committees which
consider all bills SO that members OF
ZACH house get together on legisla-
ion.
A South Dakota bill would punish
or desecrating the United States flag
II the, state flag of South Dakota, |
which reminds US that there is no state
lag In Iowa. Another bill provides
inform text books, another for bids
ales of merchandise stocks In bulk
kept upon notice and another makes
material improvements In the new
law Of the state.
A Wisconsin bill provides for the |
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