Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-21
Nebraska
AUDITOR FIGURES
EXPENSE DECREASE
State Official, by Eliminating School
Appropriations, Says Demos
Have Saved Money.
GIVES POLITICAL COMPARISON
fFrom a staff cOrrespondent)

LINCOLN. May 20. - Especial Estate
Auditor w. II. Smith is preparing a state
ment OF legislative expenditures and ap-
propriations to be published in a short
time. In connection with the same he
is making a comparison in short form,
which IL as followsi
'sThe Legislature of 1913 made appropri-
etions amounting to IS, S2,1os.7s. This in
oludes the several amounts specifically
named In the different appropriation bills.
estimated amounts for the university and
normal school fund taxes, and the vari-
Gus cash funds. It does not, however,
include SZ72,OSSsS OF the university funds
which require no action by the legislature
TO make them available for use. tState
against Brian, 81 Neb. 30.
If therefore, every estimate hal been
correct and every dollar appropriated by
the legislature of 1918 had been collected
and spent. including the SS72, 0SSSS Of non
appropriated university funds. the grand
total would have been $9.124,1f.67.
Total for This Session.
Applying the same method of caicula-
ton for the 1915 appropriations and as
Stunning that the cash funds will equal
1919, the grand total is $S,643, $3.50, which
includes $s12, 1855 of non-appropriated
university funds.
"omitting the special building fund re-
appropriation. carried over from 1918. but
including the four trust funds which re-
quire no appropriation for university use.
and assuming that the estimated amounts
will be realized. comparison of 1915 and
1918 follows:
1913. grand total SO, 124 III. 81
1915, grand total......-..-..-...... S64S, s.6O
Decrease in 1915...............$ $50 .O7
THE legislature of 1913 provided for
and appropriated 30 per cent of a %-mill
levy from special university building
Cextension) fund. This was estimated
originally at $685.. 55205. but proved to be
the sum of $sSs,s7l.47 when the levies OF
1913 and 1914 were completed. After the
initiative measure No. 9O5 was approved
by popular vote, Sic, 1855 was expended
in purchasing land for extending the
present city campus, leaving $525, s2LS2 OF
cash on hand unexpended. The legisla-
ture of 1915 reappropriated this sum for
use in the present biennium.
Eliminating schools.
1T we eliminate from both years the
appropriations for the university and
normal schools. the result shows that
for all other state governmental purposes
the legislature of 1915 cut off more than
q million dollars. Here are the figures:
1913 APPROPRIATIONS.
For university and normals.. 81, 496, $50. So
For all other uses ............... 6S6S, 10
-
Total ......................... IS. So, los. 70
1915 APPROPRIATIONS.
For university and Lormals. 80 6S4,lgI 9
For ell other uses..".............6.SO 80, oil. SO
Total IS, S5s. sS7. a
ALL OTHER PURPOSES.
a9I3 appropriations ...-......... 80. ~ ~
1915 appropriations ,,-.......... $50, 9l1. So
Special Univ,,rsity Fund.
Reduction in 1916. 81 053, Sl4.4 AZ
THE re-appropriatitn OF special uniA
Versity building fund, although making
Il available for use Till biennium, should
not properly be charged against the legis-
lature Of 1915. The k5 S2472 balance I'M
expended on April l. 11l6, has been APP
propriated twice-but 1t can be expended
only once. The university appropriations
compare as follows;
1918 total 2SSS.S60.5 81
Increase in 1915 .......".."".$ 79S.sS7.1l
III we include the four trust funds.
which require no appropriation. the funds
available for university use are as fol-
lows;
19ls grand total ..........,.......$ SO $40 $40 %
1913 grand total ..............-... 2.67l. co., 6
Increase In 1915 .................3 SS9.S75.11
The normal school appropriations have
been increased as follows:
1915, four funds .........,........$ S50023, 09
1918, four funds ..,.......,...,... 77e1n.0l
Increase in 1915 ..................$ 7O,S460S
The saving effected in making appro-
priations for ordinary expenses of gov
eminent is made up in part as follows:
1915 COMPARED WITH 1913.
Decrease.
For legislative expenses........$ 81, 56o. 20
For fifteen state institutions. 659.046. OC
Sortwenty eight boards COM
missions, etc. .........."...... 4S4,5626S
Total saving. gross. .....N.of6,i7s-S Is
AnnS