Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-31
STATE BUDGET ASKS OF TAXPAYERS
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In actual outlay and salary and maintainance costs the board of con. trol will be an estimated expense for each of the ensuing two years of approximately $10,000
 The maintainance of the Capitol building and grounds amounts to S2O,OOO.
 The governors department which includes a fund for the publication of proolamations, notices of rewards amounts to only S18.0O0
 The pace law, which provides for side line for our state High school and Normals, costs the state S3O.OOO
 The cost of the inspector of weights and measures is $7,5OO.
 The Live Stock Sanitary Board costs the state annually $11OO0
 The state veterinarian annually S3, 500.
 The state Sanitary Commission S3, 500.
 The state game warden $4OO0
 The state pays for the premiums on bonds of its state officers. which costs annually S55O
 The state prints and publishes de- cisions of the Supreme Court for ex- change for like reports from other states which costs annually $1.OO0 While $4OO0 is paid for printing re- ports of state officials and commiss- ions and other public printing costs them an additional S3OOO annually
 The Secretary of State department costs the state approximately S16,0OO per annum, but this includes the expense of printing and mailing the publicity pamphlets at each gen eral election and the purchase of the motor vehicle licenses, which turned into the state in license col lections last year approximately S35, OOO
 The Public Examiners office costs $8,OOO per annum. which includes numerous printing items last year. necessary to the installation of the uniform system Of accounting which vas installed by Plunket, the Public Examiner
 The state chemist receives a sal ary of $500 per year. and has gen eral expense fund in addition thereto of $2,7OO per annum.
 The State Land Commission. con corning which there has been the greatest discussion, and an effort on the part of a number of advocates to have this department abolished. it is estimated will cost the state during , the ensuing year total of $41,245, Of which SG125 covers the expenses of field work such as railrOaad fare, au- tomobile hire and extra employees in the field 510,OO0 it is estimated, should be used for well drilling and water experiments. Of the total sum l estimated as the cost of this commits sion, S19O0O is paid in salaries other than those Of employees actually in the field
 The State Mine Inspector, who has ! three deputies, is a cost to the state annually of S154OO
 The State Tax Commission costs the state S23,OOO of which S1I6OO is in salaries of members and clerks. 1 The office of the state treasurer iu- cludes the state treasurer's salary ] and costs the state annually approxi- ! mately $6,OOO
 The Superintendent of Public Health ] costs the state S5.O0O
 The Superior Court department costs $22,5OO each year and the states appropriation for the salaries of superior judges amounts to S23. 75O each year.
 . TOTALS.
 The total appropriation and gcner- al fund expenses for the period 1914 l5 expended and estimated, amount to $2,O27O17 The estimated cost for l915-16, taking the figures of the appropriations requested as a basis. will amount to $2.7O3,537 and for l916i7 an additional amount of $2.- 398 237. This second year figure be. ing made less by not carrying the pur- chase price of the proposed prison farm
 Numerous public bodies have inter ested themselves in the question of appropriations now pending before the legislature The state Tax Pay CTS Association and the State Con ference of the various chambers of commerce Of Arizona taking the lead in such matters They have asked for permission to have representa- tives of their organizations appear before a proposed joint meeting of inc senate ard the house appropria- ton committee. The membership of both committees are overwhelmingly in favor of reduced Appropriations and there is a movement on foot all though not supported by majority as yet. to make the appropriation bill for the ensuing two years carry on- lV ffarla fots uaaageartr 7,t.fptafY.r.