The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-08
APPROPRIATIONS
WILL Be WITHIN
STATE REVENUE
Senate Committee Works All
Sabbath Day Distributing
Funds of Commonwealth.
TWO MILLION DOLLARS
FOR THE INSTITUTIONS
ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS OF
UNIVERSITY AND A. c. ARE
SCALED DOWN.

All day yesterday the senate commit
tee on appropriations and claims went
over in detail the proposed appropria-
tions by the state at this session of the
legislature. The first meeting Of the
committee yesterday was in the Kenyon
hotel at 10 o'clock. At noon a short re-
cess was taken, and a meeting in the
senate chamber was held in the after
noon. In the evening the committee
met with Governor Spry in the gov
ernOrs office. The evening session
lasted until 1880 O'Clock.
The big appropriation bill, providing
for the money necessary for the state
institutions, state officers and other
state expenses, was drawn roughly. and
the amounts tentatively assigned for
the different purposes. The bill will be
prepared and introduced in the senate
either today or tomorrow. The amounts
fixed by the committee may be changed
in some particulars.
In preparing the bill the committee
scaled down the amounts asked for III
almost every case in such q manner as
not to stint any institution, but at the
same time to keep the apprOpria tfous
within the estimated revenue of the
state. The estimated revenue for the
next two years is S2,235,O00, and the
amount to be appropriated as contained
in the appropriation bill will be we'll
within that sum- The estimated re-
quirements of state institutions as fur
nished by the heads of departments,
managing boards. and as fixed BY the
present laws called for an expenditure
of something slightly in excess of two
and a quarter million of dollars This
estimated expenditure does not include
several special appropriations. some Of
which have already been granted.
To Pay overdrafts.
Among the expenditures necessary is
the payment of overdrafts in various
departments of the state government.
amounting to S55.262.6 so. BY bills now ia
the legislature. and some already passed
and approved. the state makes various
special appropriations amounting in all
to about 5000. 0G0 The appropriation
committees of both houses must then
make & hree-million-doilar demand f.
into two and a quarter million dollar
revenue.
The University of Utah asked for
S36S, 494- 40. The appropriation to that in
stitUtiOn will be about $500 600. The
cuts from the estimated requirements
will be in connection with the new main
building. and the money asked for with
which TO beautify the grounds. The
0G0 the estim1ted cost of a new main
building, and for permission TO borrpw
the other 100000. No appropriation will
be made from the state treasury for this
purpose. but the university may be per-
mitted to borrow the entire amount. it
is said. The $4,000 for identifying the
grounds was cut, in connection with the
general trimming down of the demands.
Two years go the appropriation to the
university was $3.50, 600.
For Agricultural College.
Tire Agricultural college will get about
Sf25 600 of the S159. 300 asked for One
Of the cuts made in that appropriation
was that of s16,500 for the erection Of
a new boiler house. The appropriation
Of the money to that institution makes
the money apprOpI lated for general
maintenance and the construction Of o
boiler house, This is done so that the
college may have the engine house # it
saves the money in other departments.
Proportional cuts were made in the
ammonia tiOns To other stale inStitu-