Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-10
HEAVY CUTTING
FOUND ESSENTIAL
Appropriations Committeeman Re-
duced Items in Many of the
Departmental Requests

Reprinted copies of the general ap-
preparation bills which will be laid be-
fore the House for final action tonight
show that heavy cuts were made by
the committee to make 1t fit the reve-
nue.. The bill carries some new items,
hut the highway construction, main
tenance. state aid and township aid
items and the tuberculosis sanatoria
and dispensaries expenses are in sepa-
rate bills.
One of the interesting items is in the
Auditor Generals list. where there ap-
pears S35. 200 for extra clerk hire and
for expenses in carrying out recon-
mendations of the Economy and Eff
cheney Commission. 1t is believed at
the Capitol that some investigation
will. be undertaken after the Legis-
lature adjourns by the Governor and
other officials with a view to making
some of the recommendations effective.
Items Transferred
The bill contains number of in
creases for departments. including
some provided by legislation. such as
that reorganizing the Attorney Gen
erals Department and providing for
additional forces for the Department
of Labor and Industry. number of
items formerly carried in the miscel-
laneous list are transferred to depart
ments, among them $4,000 for ad-
vertising constitutional amendments
which is placed under control of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth with
a proViso that some of ii shall be
available for paying claims for adver-
tising that may be passed by the Board
of Public Accounts. to which the Gov
ernor suggested those not satisfied
should apply. Some of the Auditor
Generals items are also from the mis-
cellaneous list. such as the s25, 900
item for escheat expenses, which was
100000 last session. and the cost of
suits against delinquent corportions,
which is $4,000, against Ss5, 200 last
time.
In the Governors department the
clerk hire item is s33,76O, against
S26,2OO last time, contingent expenses
$500, against $4,000, and travelling
and incidental expenses including au-
tomobile. which is $4,000, against
s17.500 two years ago.
Uniform primary cost is cut from
! seS0,000 100000. but if pending legis-
lation passes it will not be required.
Restore Some Items
The committee has restored to the
| Internal Affairs Department some of
! the cuts made by Tener. The s400 for
the clerk to the Board OF Public Prop
erty is back again and clerks and EN-
| ployes are allowed S7S,400, against
S55,000 which was allowed by Tener.
| The contingent expenses. cut to $4,000
| two years ago, are put at $4,000. while
the item for statistics, etc, cut down
| to $4,000 by Tener. is back at 10000
| The Bureau of Railways. which was
| allowed $1,000 in the final cut in 1918.
! is put in at SO, 600. Four thousand was
asked this year. The item for boun-
| Diary line SURVEY. which was cut out
| entirely two years ago, appears for
! $4,000, reduction from SO, 900 asked
The provision that none of the con.
| tinGent fund of the Attorney Generals s
Department may he used to defray ex-
penses of the Catlin commission is cut
out. but it is not considered likely that
Francis Skunk Brown would allow any
| of II 10 go that way anyhow.
The Forestry Department which
asked a quarter of a million for new
| forest reserves. is given $50. 900 and
the item for s1T5. 900 for forest rang
ers is eliminated. provision for same
| being elsewhere in the list. The Board
of Public Accounts appears with
$1,000. 1t did not have anything two
years ago. 1t is to have a clerk.
stenoerapher and messenger. No pro-
| vision is made for expenses of the
proposed Agricultural Commission.
Some of the Cuts
Fifty thousand dollars is cut off the
State Livestock Sanitary Boards re
quests for cost of fighting ra bies. dis
tribution of tuberculin. etc, and inter
state cattle inspection. Over 1925, 900
has already been given II for foot and
| mouth disease cost. An allowance Of
$4,000 is made for the deficiency in
the cost of fighting forest fires, but the
item for future fire cost is reduced
from s150.000 to 100000 Sixty-five
thousand dollars is allowed for fish
hatcheries. requests for sII5,O00 hay-
| ing to be cut because of revenue.
The Game Commission disa appears
! from the general bill, owing to its
funds coming from hunters licenses
A Superior Court item has been
| jumped from s21 900 to s35. 900 and
provision inserted to reimburse the
| judges of said court for expenses in
Cured in discharge of their duties
The extra million for schools is tn
be explicitly devoted to vocational edu-
cation. A bill for $425. 900 more is
pending An item of s3.50O for ex-
penses of the suburban METROPOLITAN n
planning commission also appears i'm
| the new bill.