The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-12
Total $2,4s5.447.47
.Where Money was Expended.

Oldl &c Y - AfSo' =
Where Money Was Expended.
Going into the expenditures OF the
state government showing where
the revenue OF the state was eXpendr
ed, the auditor divided the expendi-
lures into three groups. The salar-
les of the state officers, clerks in the
several departments of the state
government, together with the labor
fund expended at the capital, the
contingente expenses Of the state of
fices and the upkeep of the capitol
buildings and grounds, amounted 10
s1S6,6s4.36. afd o.
A second table showed the sum OF
S1,1S5, 994.24 expended for educaEE
tfonal, charitable and criminal
charges. This table includes the
state university maintained at IAN
expense of s232.i59.O4; normal
school and branch les, $S11, 712.16ia:
humane institutions, 4 $505, 245.4S;l
Kings Daughters Hospital, $12,T
.351.99; Board of Control, $3+s
929.41; Board Of Regents, $7,696.2S;i
support of lunatics, $1,991.5S ana
criminal charges, $79,9oS.39.
The balance of the state eXpendi%
lures, consisting of s1,O29,SS4.55,
the auditor shows to have been ex-
pended for the following purposes:
Militia ... .I.......,.$ 6S,697.S6
Printing, binding and sta i..
tionery. ........... 4S,589.l6'
House of Delegates .... $1,000
Geological Survey $685.. 43,215.S5
Public Service Commits
sion ....,........ 72,26z.ea
Tax Commissioners Office 37,b52.T9
Bureau of Labor, ...... 5,557.60,
Commissioner of banking ,12,S22.16
Pardon Attorney ...... 4,452.0s
Department of Mines. 41,0S5.29
Dept. Archives and Hist. 21,525.53.
State Board of Health. i. 12,104.99
Board Of optometry So. POSTS
Hotel Inspector ...z.... 2,640.0S
Forest, Game and Fish
warden ...... ....... 44,oo0.o9
Board Of Pharmacy ...y 7,439.19
tExperiment Station .... 20;757.1S
Special Appropriations. 110,545.25
miscellaneous .......s.. 3.791.5s
Trans. to Gen. School
Fund ..,.. ~. 3s9, $3.50
Sal. & Mileage Judges. 104,376.lO
Hodges Helped Spend It.
There is one large item OF cX-
pense included in these tables to
which want to call your attention"
said Auditor Darst, "Our State Uni
versity cost the state last year
$232,159.72, a large sum of money,
$4,000 more than the fiscal year
1912. The amount spent on this in
stitution, understand, is one of the
places where the Democrats are
claiming we are wasting the peoples
money. My answer to- them Is that
if it is necessary to spend this
amount of money to get good results,
II favor 1t and take It that 1t was
necessary. for Hon. Thos. Z. Hodges,
now the Democratic nominee for con-
gresham at large, was then the head
of the state university and itswas
because. of his pedsonal influence on
the ground during the most Of the
session Of the Legislature that this
large appropriation was made for
the university.
Taking up the,g Increase Of the
state tax from 6 cents to 10 cents
accustomed by the loss Of 100000
in revenue through the operation ot
the prohibition amendment, Auditor
Darst declared that the 10 cent levy
applied to the real and personal
property Of individuals this year
would raise about $s7s,5o0 and that
of this amount at least $425, 900
would be returned back to the coun-
ties for the support Of the schools.
leaving about $450,0OO in direct
taxes to be applied during the pres
emit fiscal year to- the xpenses ofStheI
state government: The proportion
To he borne by lie saYetag an he
lrecited would he small indeed .5show
ing that if IA pefsonss prop was
listed AZ 600 mis- state ny would
only amount TO $500. tine part thas