The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
SOLONS CALLED ON Ito APPRO.
PIRATE LARGE SUMS.
Demands at the Present Session of
the Legislature Exceed Those of
Any in the Past BY Six Millions;
Legislators Are Making Ready
to Use the Pruning Knife on
Bills.

st. Paul, February 13-Nneteen
million dollars and more will be ask
ed of the present session of the
Legislature, according TO estimates
which have, been. submitted and bills
introduced ,, With scarcely thirty
days of the session gone, it is
possible that this sum may be still
further increased by bills which
have not yet come to light.
The state university's demands far
exceed those from any other one
source. Its emergency bill. asking
for $653,GOO TO meet deficiencies, is
already in, and has been engrossing
the time Of the senate committee on
finance. Its main bill, which is es-
timated at close TO $4,000, 900, has
not yet made its appearance.
There is in the treasury now APP
propriated to the university by the
Legislature of 1907 and 1909, more
than $75O,OO0. which has not been
drawn. These appropriations were
for heating plant. pharmacy
building, anatomical building, mocha
nical building, dairy pavilion and
maintenance of homeopathic build
ing, dairy pavilion and maintenance
Of others
Wants Of the Control Board.
! The state board of control comes
next with its request for $4,000 G0.
This is for the erection of new build
ings and paying the expenses of
state hospitals, asylums, .reforma.
tories and other similar institutions
This appropriation is expected to
pay for erecting new buildings and
maintaining fifteen institutions
The third largest sum is outlined
in the bill providing for the apprOpri-
alton of $613.5O0 for the support and
maintenance p, of the state normal
schools and The erection Of a num-
der Of new buildings.
Mankato Normal $4,000.
For the school at WinOna during
the next two years, $4,000 is asked ;;
for Mankato. $175, 1850; for: st. Cloud,
$151 $3.50; for MOOrhead, $112. 300, and
for Duluth, $4,000. There is includ,
ed in this bill $4,000 for a dormi-
tory site at MankatO and $4,000 for
the erection of new dormitory. An
additional appropriation of $4,000
is provided for boiler house and
heating plant For st. Cloud, an ap,
preparation of $4,000 is made for adj
ditiOn, to grounds, and $4,000 for a
model school building.
Bills Include Everything.
Introduced in the senate are bills
appropriating money for most every
thing from killing grasshoppers to
retiring capitol, certificates. The
total to date, minus, possibly, few
| bills enacting new legislation which
carry appropriations with Them, is
| $2,4SS,500. In the house, the ap.
preparation asked amount to $6G3,976
In addition to these, there will be
| the standing appropriations with
| which to conduct the state govern.
ment-pay the salaries of all eXecu
tive departments, boards, commits.
| SuCfl ildttcIS,
to about $2,25O.00O year, for the
next two years.
The standing appropriation for
1911 was $2,136,5S4. AS is the gener
al custom, this. will be increased
slightly, for the ensuing two years
There will be no omnibus bill at
this session-each. appropriation go
ing through in a bill of it's own.
The omnibus bill at the last SEES
sion, amounted. to- $S,931,0S1, which
with the standing appropriation
brought the total, not including all
items for the state university and
the state institutions, up TO $12, 40G,
| 449. -... ,@
| 1t is understood that the finance
committees and appropriations com
mittees of both the senate and house
are sharpening their pruning knives
and preparing TO do a little dissect
ing on those which have been refer
red to them, and will be referred be