Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-24

state Auditor T. F. Callahan's report,
together with his estimates of the eN-
penditure and income for the years
1915 and 1915. to be submitted to the
incoming Legislature, and the income
for 1918 and 1914 for comparison, make
I'D in facts and figures highly credl-
table showing for the administration.
The cash in the Treasury on Jan. /,
1915. will be more than 100000 as
against $457, 600 in the Treasury Jan. i,
1918.
The difference in favor of the admin
stration of 1915 of about S25000O in
other words. it required about $4,000 In
cash from the State Treasury, togeth-
er with the state tax, to settle the &C
counts in January, 1913, while in 1915
the State will have left over 100000,
in the settlement with the cities and
towns.
State Auditors Office
Augusta, Me-, Dec. 10, 1914.
To His Excellency, the Governor, the
Honorable Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Seventy seventh
legislature
Gentlemen:--I herewith transmit, as
required by Chapter 145. of the
Public Laws of 1911 and Section
8, of Chapter, 147, of the Puplc
Laws of 1907, estimates in detail OF ex-
penditures of the various departments,
Boards, Commissions and institutions
of the State government for the years
1915 and 1916, showing the demands TO
be made upon the incoming Leglsla-
ture as reported to me by the heaas
of those several departments. You VIII
also find a tabulation OF the amounts
TO be asked from the Legislature Tor
1915 and 1916 by the various charitable
and benevolent institutions, the hosplt-
ais. homes and asylums that are not
State institutions, but which have In
the past received a State appropriation
to aid in their maintenance. Ihere is
also added a list of such individuals
and corporations as have complied
with the law of 1911, requiring all or
those requesting appropriations Tor the
two succeeding years to make known
their demands upon the Legislature in
advance of the assembling thereof. The
law requires this information to be on
file in the State Auditors Office by
November /. preceding the session of
the Legislature.
Appropriations for new work or spe-
cial appropriations for any purpose are
shown in the column Special Appro-
priations Asked For" although addi-
tional amounts for purposes long ap-
propriated for State and Charitable In
stitutions could not be included in
these columns. However, the columns
entitled Appropriations in 1913 and
1914" afford ready means of eompari-
son with the amount asked for in 1915
and 1916, and the columns showing ex-
penditures for 1913 and 1912 show what
was actually expended from the appro-
priation for those years and afford
further means of comparison with the
demands for the next two years. have
also included the cost of the Legisla-
ture of 1913 and an estimate for 1915.
The State Institutions are shown
separately both as to expenditure ask
ed and income estimated, the amount
required over income being shown in
separate columns for 1915 and 1915.
The income of such Institutions, with
the exception of the University of
Maine, is now. under Chapter PIT of
the Public Laws of 1913, made payable
into the State Treasury, credited TO the
several appropriations and is available
are authorized through the office of the
State Auditor.
The reeapitulation shows the total
appropriations, both regular and spe-
cial, for the years 1913 and 1914, also
the total appropriations, both regular
and special. reported to the State Au-
ditor by all State Departments, Boards,
Commissions, Institutions, including
Charitable Institutions, etc, for the
years 1915 and 1916. These are fol-
lowed by a tabulation of the receipts
for the years 1913 and 1914, with esti-
mated receipts for the years 1915 and
1916.
A comparison is made between the
amounts due the State for taxes Jan
1, 1913, and Jan. /, 1915, and the
amount of Common School Fund, Mill
tax and Railroad tax due the cities and
towns from the State for the same
years Then follows a summary of the
total of all appropriations for 1913 and
1914, and the total amounts asked for
the years 1915 and 1916. The receipts
from all corporation taxes and all 9TH
er receipts available to pay appropria-
tons, with the tax rate figured at S
mills for 1915 and IL mills for 1916,
the same rate as the past two years,
Is given: also with the rate figured at