Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-07-11
WORKING ON THE
BIG FINANCE BILL
ATTORNEY GENERALS REQUEST
FOR AN INCREASE WAS
TURNED DOWN.
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Baton Rouge. - Attorney General
Pleasant was turned down ny the Sen
ate Finance Committee in a request
| for an increase Of $4,000 for the at
torney generals Office. lie asked that
the appropriation of $500 a year for
his Office be increased to $500 a wear
! The extra $4,000 a year, he said,
! would permit him to employ gooG
lawyer who could relieve the present
oyerworked force in his Office. The
! act Of 1912, abolishing special board
attorneys has thrown on his Office. he
said an immense amount Of new bust
ness, in addition TO the natural in
| crease Of business always handled by
the attorney general Members of the
committee told him, however. thai:
the proposition was tantamoUnt to
| creation of new Office, which could
not be done. The committee refused
the request
In an aIl-day session the Finance
Committee went over the general ap-
preparation bin item by item and when
it adjourned it had agreed TO increase
the sum to be taken from the general
fund by $3.50 600.
The increases approved by the COM
mittee follow:
For agricultural work, Louisiana
State University. $4,000.
For the New Orleans dispensary. in
crease from $500 per year to $4,000
per year; total $4,000
For travelling expenses of Harry
Wilson, inspector of dairy and truck
demonstrations, 5000 per annum:
total $1,000.
For state militia, increase from 800
600 to $4,000 per year; total $4,000.
For buildings for Southern Uni
versity, $4,000 from revenues of 1916
in addition to $4,000 from revenues
of 1915; increase $4,000.
For Memorial Hall, increase from
$1,000 to $4,000 per year; total 400.
For maintenance Southwestern In
dustrial Institute $4,000 per year to
$4,000 per year; total $4,000.
For old debts Of Leper Home. 5000.
This sum was to have been cared for
in the deficiency bill, but was omitted
by error.
For the Louisiana exhibit at the
San Francisco Exposition, increased
from $4,000 to $4,000.
In addition to these sums. on the OBJ
lection Of State Superintendent Har-
ris, the provision of the bill taking
from the current school fund half
the $4,000 appropriation for APPROX
ed high schools. agricultural and do
nestle science 9nd consolidation. was
stricken our and the whole amount
taken fro.n the general fund. Also on
the representation Of the state super,
intendent, the appropriation of $40,
800 per year, $4,000 in all. for the
Francis T. Nichols vocational school
N New Orleans was changed from the
school fund TO the general fund
These total $4,000. In addition
there were some small increases in
'ther appropriations agi eating per,
laps $500
A total. of $4,000 vas Topped off
rom the school fund appropriations.
1t the request of Superintendent Har.
is. The sums were $4,000 per year
or expert supervisor Of state institu,
ions and $4,000 per year for expenses
II State Board of Education. The first
TEN was cut and ths second reduced
o $500 per year. These were predi.
ated on the school merger bill. which
lad failed
Inc committee also cut down from
10000 to 10000 the appropriation for
of the general probe com,
nittee.