Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-24
MAY USE The GENERAL FUND
Board of Control Finds Way Out Of
Deficit Dilemma.
MARTIN MAKES NEW RULING
state Institutions that Are Rum
Ming Low 60 Have Help from
rty-ThOusand-DoIIar
appropriation.
CFrom a staff Correspondent


! LINCOLN, Neb July 23.-(Special)-A
solution has at last been found by the
/ state Board Of Control Of the problem OF
/ making up deficits in the maintenance
1 funds OF the various state institutions.
/ Attorney General Martin has given out
/ an opinion in which he says that Il il
within the power OF the board to use
500 Of its general appropriation for the
| purpose Of making up the deficit in the
maintenance fund for the girls indus
J trial school This principle will apply
/ equally we'll to deficits occurring in the
maintenance funds Of the other state in
stitutions under the control Of the board.
! The appropriations for several Of these
institutions. including the penitentiary.
are running low. and the ability OF the
board TO use the general appropriation
Of $4,000 solves the entire problem.
where Money Comes From.
The attorney general rules that the last
legislature made an appropriation OF $40
600 TO the board of commissioners OF state
institutions for the miscellaneous ex-
penditures OF the board. and for incl
dental expenditures for the various in
sttuuons. The appropriation authorized
the board TO expend the $4,000 for such
purposes as II might deem necessary.
The attorney general makes It clear that
in his opinion the board may use this
fund to make up the deficit in the school
maintenance FUND, but states that the
altering OF books and records in the state
auditors and state traesurer's offices is
question of bookkeeping with which
he Is not familiar, although these offices
may recognize vouchers drawn on the
general appropriation for the maintenance
fund Of the Geneva institution.
Drainage Suit Appealed.
Drainage district No. ! OF Richardson
county has appealed to the supreme court
from Judgment OF $1,000 returned against
1t by jury In the Richardson county dis
trict court in connection with the
strengthening of the Nemaha river. Al
bert 5. and Roy Daggett were awarded
$OO damages by the Board Of Apprais-
ers for damage done their mill, which il
situated on the river. The plaintiffs de-
clared the drainage ditch took the water
from the river and deprived their mill of
power. The brothers appealed to the dis
trict court and a jury returned a verdict
awarding them 5000 damages. The
drainage board is shortening the river
through Richardson county from a length
Of siXty-five miles to length OF thirty
one miles.
Approval of Reapportionment
Chairman Epperson OF the progressive
wing of the republican party has let II
be known that he will move in the COM
Ing state convention to put Nebraska re-
publicans on record as approving the re-
aportionment Ian of the national COM
mittee for the next national convention.
Appeal from Judgment.
The Gagnebin-Wells Engineerng COM
any, Edward j. Cornish and Selma G
Cornish have appealed to the supreme
court from a judgment OF 81, 500 obtained
by Mike Dudzinzki. for injuries received
through the alleged negligence OF the de-
PENDANTS. Dudzinzki was a carpenter em-
ployed by the engineering company in
East Omaha near Carter lake in the
construction OF an ice house, owned by
Edward j. Cornish and Selma C. Cornish
Call for State Warrants.
All outstanding state warents. total
ing about $4,000. have been called in
by State Treasurer George These war
rants have been issued since July l, all
prior issues having recently been called
In, Large remittances received from
various county treasurers, including those
of Douglas and Lancaster. has made pos
sibe the taking up OF the warrants. In
addition to these remittances the treas
urer has been using the money in the
university building fund.
Revising Rural Study.
! The state committee on the revision
of the rural school course of study, this
morning met in the office OF State Su-
perlntendent Delzell. The members OF
! the committee present were: w. A.
Hoder, Claud l. Alden. Mary f. Foster,
Aletta Neff and Edith A, Lathrop.
TArdaKe Hearing Set.
| The state railway commission has set
October 6, as the date for hearing the
Union stock Yards company OF Omaha
In the matter OF yardage rates.
New Phone System.
The state Board OF Control this morn
ing awarded thee ontract for the installa-
| ton of an intercommunicRting telephone
system at the Norfolk hospital for the in
sane, to the Stromsburg-Carlson Tele-
phone company OF Des Moines. Ia The
contract price was little Eyer $1,000
The Norfolk institution n operated on
the cottage basis and a large number of
teolephnes are necessary for the various
buildings. The state has been paying tel
ephone rentals to the amount OF $500 a
year besides rentals for the cable.
Knox Figures Lower.
The total valuation for Knox county
this year is s, ,s24. .7SS, according TO the re-
port OF the assessor of that county this
morning received by Secretary Seymour
OF the State Board OF Equilazatlon. The
decrease for this year is about $1,000, the
figures for 1918 showing S5,Si1,S These
/ figures are on the assessed valuation
which Is one-fifth OF the actual valuation
No More DistiIIerIs.a
! The State Railway commission has can
celled the date OF the hearing on distil-
lory products from Sioux City to Omaha
because the distilleries no longer exist
Candidates In Arthur.
| In Arthur county. the new county
created by the last legislature. a fun set