The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-16
OF THEIR APPROPRIATIONS
Another Revelation Of the Legislatures
Cost Thus Far Was Given This
Morning in the
House.
State House, Jan. ls.

have $4,000 Of tho states money dur
ing the next two years for improving
the state fair at White River Junction
Other bills signed by the executive wer'
that raising the salary OF the governor
to $500 q year and Incorporating ths
village Of Newport Center.
These increases are small in compari
son with some that have already beer
made, and others that are asked for in
new bills presented to-day. In view oi
these things, the House talked over
| financial matters this morning for a
time, and IL was announced by Chair.
man Fletcher OF the committee on ways
and means that the legislature thus faI
had spent in special appropriations and
increaseseof salary sl03, 3,547.45, not in
cluding the money to be spent for a ven.
| tilating system in the State House that
would cost between 5000 and $4,000.
There are still several bills that have
been passed by the House and not by
the Senate thus far calling for sppro-
priations which are not reckoned into
the total. Besides this, there is a ques.
tion OF the disposition OF money derived
from license fees in the towns voting
for license. The state during the last
biennial period received half the money
derived from this source and II amounted
to 800, 0,o54l9 The bill now before the
legislature calls for all the money being
taken by the state, but according TO
the Houses amendment it goes into the
permanent school fund and according TO
the Senate's amendment il goes into the
general fund. The House adopted the
report Of it's committee on conference
adhering to its stand. Unless the House
reconsiders its vote adopting the report,
the bill is dead and the law will remain
as it Is now. The committee is figuring
its estimates on tho basis Of the present
system.
Mr.. Fletcher called attention this
morning to the effect that when the law
two years ago which changed the Judi
ciary system was being discussed, II was
argued that it would result in a saving
to the state of between $4,000 and
900, but as matter Of fact the ex-
penses of the department of justice had
been increased between $4,000 and $780,
600. Mr.. Hitchcock said that Judging
from the cost of the cattle commission
for the last period, the state by its new
law would save about $4,000 and he
doubted if the increase of the board of
agriculture would average the increased
amount set up in the schedule
Upon suggestion of Mr.. DeBoer Of
Montpelier, She details on which the
$4,000 expenditure for the biennial pc
riod was based were secured by Mr.
Fletcher from the auditor and read by
Mr.. Bacon. They were in two columns.
The special appropriations and the an
nual appropriations occasioned by raising
OF salaries, etc. At the end of the
reading Mr.. Bacon, upon query of Dir.
DeBeer of Montpelier, said that the state
fair appropriation which appeared as
$4,000 in the annual column should be
changed to the special appropriation col
% nmn. The actual appropriation was s5,-
600 year for the next two years.
In the annual appropriation column,
the following items appearsi
Governors stenographer's salary $500
Raise Of salary of secretary Of
civil and military affairs $50
Auditors Office, increased appro. $500
ricultural college ............. 10000
Library commission ..... $50
Sergeant at arms .... .. 500,
National Guard tby new law).. 10000
Salary raise of judges ........ 10000
Salary raise Of probate Judges by
new system ......... ....... 400
Agriculture and forestry commits
sion ,........ ................ 10000
Bond state treasurer . 400
Increased clerk hire secretary of
state and state treasurer ~. 1000
AuHieipal court. Bellows Falls,
new ........... .,.,........ 1900
Increase salary Brattleboro muni-
cipal ceurt Judge ....,...,... 800
Laboratory Of hygiene ........ $500
Increase governor's salary ...... 1000
state fair ................... 1000
Multiply any Of the above figures By
two and you win get the expense for
the biennial term. Mr. Bacon stated
that she item about which there was
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