The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06
LIGHT is NOT PLEASED

the Tallahassee newspaper cores
lpondents, and he is reported to have
arrived at the following deductions of
the increase in the legislative appro-
lpriations:
by the hire of the state convicts
the state in 1912 received the sum OF
| 100000 BY the beginning of the
next year, if the different counties in
THE state wish to hire them, they can
do so at $120 per head per year.
Il predict that at this price the
counties will take them, but instead
of receiving more than 100000, as in
the past, the state will get in but
$4,000 a year, or the state will lose
thereby a sum of $150,000 every year.
This legislature has appropriated
to be spent in two years the sum OF
1925, 900 for maintenance and improve
ments on the prison farm in Bradford
county. BY this deal the state will
be short in two years more than $780,
900, and, adding $225,0OO improve
ments, this convict deal will cost the
state more than half million dollars
in the next two years.
"As to pensions, here is what we
have done. We have put on the pen
sion list about 1900 home guards at
pension of $120 a year each, or an
addition of about $150,OOO. We have
added $50 per head per year, and
about 1900 widows, making an addi-
tional increase of $4,000 We have
also increased the pensions of about
two thousand men at $50 each per
annum, or 100000, making the total
increase for pensions in one year
about $250,0O0, or half a million for
the bi-ennium. We are the legisla-
ture.
CAS- to the appropl cations for the
colleges, we have appropriated to he
spent by the board of control FOR the
coming two years $4,000. The
United States government adds to
this about $4,000 per year, or the
500 whites, and the 800 blacks. will
cost a total of $5S6OOO for the ecming
two years, and if the house had pass
ed bill that was introduced and call
ed up out of the regular order mere
would have been given IN additional
100000 for every two years. .nclnd
ing the Uni.a.l States appropriations |
there was an effort made to spend
$7S6,000 on these schools. The house
killed the last mentioned BILL
"We are the legislature.
1.-THE comptroller added up for me
the appropriations made by the 1911 |
legislature and the wants of the 1913 |
legislature, and the amounts wanted |
The large increases in the miscellan-
eous appropriations are to be found |
in various items, among them being
the $4,000 for the Mariana Reform |
school for two years; the supreme
court building has received $4,000 |
for furnishings, among the items be-
ing $4,000 for bookcases.
THE state military, including the |
United States appropriations, costs |
between $4,000 and 100000 each year.
The present bill calls for new i'm
provements as follows: Bathing pool, |
etc, $4,000; armory building for 1914, |
$4,000; armory building for 1915,
$4,000. The joint committee agreed
to cut $4,000 out of this bill.
1--WE are the legislature.
1.-THE tax payer pays the freight.
"The railroads commissioners ask
ed to be raised from $500 to $4,000 a
year; the legislature gave them $4,000
a year. The governor was raised from
$4,000 to $4,000; the other state house
officers that were getting $500 a
year were raised to $4,000 year. We
cut out all the fees coming to these
officials. The raise will cost the state
very little.
1.-THE salaries of the supreme court
officials were fixed twenty-eight years
ago, and when an increase of $1,000
each per year was asked, we turned
them down, although we gave them
$4,000 for bookcases-no nothing for
their personal relief.
1--WE cut by amendment to a bill the
sum of $3.50 year for the Olustee
monument, right in Florida, and not a
cent was given, yet $4,000 was spent
for a new monument in Washington,
d. c., two years ago. Two years ago
the legislature paid claim bill of
one person for the appraised valua-
ton of &c horses killed by the board
of health, and when Is persons asked
to be paid for % horses killed by the
same authority, they were turned