The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-17
NO DEFICIT IN
STATE FUNDS
Gov. Williams Positive On Score
That Administration VIII
Stay Within Revenue
FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE NOW

There will be- no deficit In state
funds 10 meet appropriations made hy
the 1919 legislature, emphntlcnlly
stated Governor Williams today. The
chief executive said that he Intended
watching this closely aud that II there
appeared nny danger uf funds running
short he would not permit some of the
improvements being made which SOME
of the appropriations represent
u don't intend there shall be- II de
hclt he said 1T may be- that we
VIII have tu make higher levy than
last year but We cannot anticipate
even That becHliSr we do not know yct
what viii he the total amount ~ re-.
receipts This cannot even be- rstimut
eel at this time with ANY degree Uf ne.
curncy | do not wish tu make any
further statement at this time because
want to say something definite when
! do"
Statements have been made 10 the
cItcct that II possible drflcif ls he.
fore the state hour ~ equalization
Figures have been given FOR the pur.
pose of supporting such statement.
Members of the state board Of cuunli-
ntlon say II Is impossible tu admit
of any prediction Of that Kind now he
rhuSc of the utter lack uf facilities to
make nm rstlmalr ~ the money the
state Will receive from all sources.
IN" total appropriations are known.
nf course. The total amount npprupri
uted fur which revenue must be- rni-.
~l Ia meet. * $l,57S9lOjO. ~ this
amount S2NOOO was taken care NJ III
the levy made last year. so this may
hr deducted from the previous total
given, which would leave S4.32S.
nose The law provides that ~ per
cent must be- added 10 this Tor dclln-
qucnt taxes. which under the law the
stutc * supposed to not get but In
fact u much Hs l3 10 II per cent ~
II is collected with the ~ per cent
added makes total of Sj.lO3. .S525l.
Revenue From Tax Penalty
Provided none of the 20 per cent Is
collected the above total would have
tO be- met by the collections expected
to bc made 10y the state. From the
fact that more than ten per cent NJ
these delinquent taxes have been ro
lrcted each year. aud accommodating
INTO surplus that can be- thrown in
tu the general revenue fund aud ap.
piled 10 state expenses, II Is argued
that this will offset to II large cytcnI
lUpWar . "A II. "a. l.
from other sources
Then the argument II further made
that while the total valuation " prop.
erty last year from which the state
received resources was SltTIOOO OOO.
there Is no way now to tell what the
amount Tor this year viii be Only
four counties Of the state have made
returns to the auditors office up 10
this time, showing the valuation NJ
property In those counties, and Il
would only he n guess which might go
far off either way 10 estimate what
might bc the totnl valuation snId
state Auditor Howard The huurd VI
equalization has already uIsed some
n the public service corporations
There Is Yet much work for the board
a. do.
The matter uf estimating what, the
state may receive from the gross pro
dnctiun tax Is extremely uncertain.
IL the gross production Tux law II up
held. says the state auditor there will
be large amount from this source.
Almost SiO0OOO was collected from
this source during the first quarter
that the previous law was In effect
and now another quarter IL due under
the new Inv, which would yield much
more, II Is claimed
There viii be- considerable property
exempted this year, by virtue OF laws
passed by the last legislature, but
state Auditor Howard says there IL
NO way to tell now approximately
whnt that might be. This, Of course,
would make considerable difference In
the total valuation of the property I'm
the state, as compared with that Of
last year But even so, the attempt
Is made TO offset the danger NJ de-
flCit with the assurahce that valua-
tions may be raised that the gross
production taxes will relieve any strin-
gency that might be met from other
sources
Then the surplu-(ls mentioned as
something TO fall back on. As said
before this surplus is made up Of the
collections Of the 70 per cent which
the state does not think II will ever
get. but OF which n major portion IL
actually collected and turned into the
state treasury This can be reQui.
sitloned into whatever play necessary.
Levy Last Year Was l.3 Mills
The levy made last year was 10
mills, This included everything. II
was believed then to be enough to
meet all requirements In spite OF that,
however, there was deficiency In the
care Of the insane to be met by the
1915 legislature OF about s8S,OOO and
also the 100000 with which to buy
the concern by the state. This did
not occur under the present admins.
tration, but It will have to be cared
for.
The limit of the levy IL ~ mills.
Onefourth mill OF this must 10 for
the common schools and another one
fourth mill for the state highway de
partment This leaves three mills fiat
for the state. The admission that II
might take the limit meana that not