The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-27
TWO MILLIONS An
QUARTER COST
EACH YEAR
Budget Estimate Of the State for
Next Two Years
WHERE The MONEY WILL GO
Budget Committee Has Report Ready
To Go Bofere the Legislature When
II Assemblies.

Montpelier, Dec. 25.-The budget
committee, consisting of the cover
nor, auditor, state treasurer, chalr'
man of the Senate finance committee,
chairman of the House ways and
means committee, chairman of the
House committee on appropriations
and state purchasing agent, gave the
voters a Christmas present today in
the form of budget estimate for the
next two years which calls for total
of $4,721 ,05829.
This procedure is a new departure,
authorized by the Legislature OF 1915.
and the budget is the result of sever
al meetings, the last of which occur
red in November, according to
statute. There is no serious increase
in the proposed appropriations, the
estimates being largely based on the
expenditures for the past two years.
The members of the budget COM
mittee are Governor Charles w.
Gates, Governor elect Horace F. Gra-
ham, Treasurer Walter F. Scott, Sen
ator Heber C. Cady of Northfeld,
Stanley C. Wilson of Chelsea, Red
field Proctor of Proctor and Dewey T.
Hanley of Montpelier.
The estimates for the various de-
partments are as follows, the first set
of figures indicating 1918 and the sec
ond set, 1919:
Departmental Estimates.
Goyernor-s5,700, $500.
Secretary civil and military affairs
-s2,4O0, s2,4O0.
Executive expenses, staff-s1,00O.
$1,000 81
Secretary Of state-slO,769.15, $780,
l0B.73.
State treasvrer-s6,900, $4,000.
Auditor OF $50, $3.50.
Insurance commissioners-$7 ,S59.20,
$l2,447.57.
Commissioner of taxes-$12,545
$12,5S5.
Sergeant tat-arms-$12,2 ,239, $13,975.
Purchasing agent-$9.1S7.50, $3.50.
Factory inspector-s3,O 5000, $4,000.
State library-$7,95 SS,500.
Adjutant and inspector general mil
.tary-$l06,S20, $106.820.
New armories-$3O,O 900. 100000.
State hospitals-$157, ,3O1.12, S154,-
874.S7.
Supervisors of insane-s2, 1O2.30,
$2,3s990.
Trustees state hospital-$sO9.4S,
$1,086.49.
Brattleboro retreat-s69,0 900, $4,000.
Public printing-s19,OOo, $4,000.
Stationery and Office supplies
$1,000, 10000
Prcmulgating public acts-$5O,
$1,750.
Public service commission-S11,S50,
s11.350.
Industrial accident bond-$11,000,
$1l 900.
County supervisors of highways
100000, 100000.
Sta,e highway commibsioner-$9+
500. $1O,45o.
Appraisers, unorganized towns and
gores-$lb 600, $500
Boundary line commission-$100,
$1OC.
Committee on budget - $1,000,
$1,000.
Bank stock apprasers-$100, 500.
Commission to revise p. S.-$10,000.
Delegates-$1,5O0, $500.
Legislative expenses-$2,00 $780,
600.
Publicity-s10,O0 $4,000.
Commissioner of weights and meas.
ures-$12,000, $4,000.
State geologist-$1,5 500, $1,50O
80 OF
Education--$130.0 900, $130000
State school of agriculture-$29,
200, $30,S00
State school of agriculture, new
buildings and equipment, $4,000.
r. N. Vail agricultural school and
ADMINISTRATION, $5S,500.
Castleton normal school--$29, ,0S7,
$29,0S7.
Johnson normal school-$24, ,2S4,
$24,2S4.
School for feeble minded children
$40,267.50, s49,140.
School for feeble minded children,
new buildings and equipment-$65,.
000
State beneficiaries. $50. 900, $50 900.
Higher instruction under No. 20,
acts 1915-$50,00 $4,000.
Vocational training-$15,000, $15,.
900.
U. V. M. and State Agricultural col.
lege-$5S, 800, $5S.S00.
Norwich university-$20,OO0. $780,
00c.
Middlebury college, s2S,SOO, $3.50
Legislative reference bureau
S29S5, $6095.
Free public library commission
$4415.25, $3715.25.
Travelling libraries--$2000. $4,000.
Aid to libraries-$17OO, $170O.
Vermont Historical society-$75o,