The daily sentinel., 1912-11-02

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and are applied to the appropriations
Of the legislature for 1871
Small Tax Imposed for State Purposes.
The state has not the power, as has
? county, to collect all the revenue il
needs. The constitution has fixed a
limit TO taxation on property for state
purposes at four mills on the dollar
and il cannot be exceeded in times Of
peace. The tax in many counties is
thirty TO forty mills on the dollar, Of
which the state gets only four mills,
hence the taxes on property for state
purposes have never been increased,
no matter how large the appropria-
tious have been.
1t is the tendency OF all legislatures
TO increase appropriations. In Ill
Eois. at the close Of the Legislative ses-
sion Of last year, the appropriations
exceeded the estimated revenues by
NNE4 tlEAl lllAllOh ubllAlss
Vetoes Of Appropriation Bills.
Governor Shafroth was compelled to
veto bills apprOpriating over 1880
600, order to bring the total amount Of
appropriations near to the amount Of
the estimated revenues. He believes
that the revenues to be collected will
be sufficient to meet all Of the appro-
priations for the first three classes,
which constitute the important needs
Of the state, but this cannot be deter
mined with certainty until November
3Oth, 1912, the end OF the biennial
term.
Extra Burdens Borne by the shafroth
Administration.
1t has been very difficult to deter
mine as to the payment of all the ap-
propriations because Of the additional
Eocessary burdens placed upon the
present administration, never borne
by that of any other.
The people, in November, 1910, vot.
ed to pay the warrants issued in ex-
cess of the revenues by past Republi-
can administrations. by the issuing Of
state bonds to the extent Of $2,l15,0OO.
biennial period amounts to $4,000,
and must be paid out of the general
revenue before even the salaries of
state officers.
The people voted, in November,
1910. to increase the salaries Of the
legislators, which takes $4,000 addi-
tional moneys.
There was a universal demand for n
Court of Appeals, as decisions could
not be obtained on appeal for three
or four years; such delays in the cases
of poor people unable to wait, consti-
tuted denial of justice. The bill ere.
ating the Court of Appeals was passed
unanimously by each house, Republi-
cans and Democrats alike recognizing
the necessity. An appropriation Of
$4,000 for the biennial term was
made. which constitutes burden not
borne by other administrations.
There was a universal demand for
the establishment and maintenance of
Home for Mental Detectives. If there
is class of people in this state who
need assistance, it is these poor, un-
fortunate mental detectives. The state
for years has been behind other states
iE that work. An appropriation Of
$4,000 was voted for by every Demo.
Crat and Republican III the legislature,
and constitutes a burden which has
not been borne by other administra-
tions.
The national government offered to
give the state of Colorado the Fort
Lewis reservation, consisting of build
ings which cost over $25O,OOO and c.
600 acres of land, underlaid with coal
millions of dollars, providing the state
would maintain a school at that place
IN appropriation of 100000 was made
by unanimous vote of the Democratic
and Republican Legislators. This ap-
preparation constituted a burden never
borne by any former administration.
An appropriation for new Normal
school at Gunnson was made by the
Seventeenth General Assembly. to
meet the demands for such an institu-
tion on the Western slope and to re-
deem a pledge made by former legis-
lature in an act to establish a school
at that place provided the citizens of
Gunnisoa should give land for the
campus. They donated a beautiful
site of forty acres eight years ago. A