The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-02-04

/ constitutional purposes. A large
number of the new burdens and ap-
preparations, other than those which
are contained in the said constitution
al provisions, have been paid by the
State. The remaining funds for the
year will be ample to pay and fully
meet any and all balance on all the
appropriations made for the said pur-
poses, as set forth in the Constitution.
"There will be no so-called def
ciency,' because the State of Missouri,
nor any of its institutions or depart
ments, will not be permitted to Gre
ate obligations in excess Of the actual
revenue. In other words, the State
and all of its institutions and depart
ments, without single exception,
must keep it's obligations absolutely
within the revenue. The appropriation
of the moneys mot otherwise appro-
priated'-that is, other than for the
said constitutional purposes herein
mentioned-are made subject to the
fact that there may be money in the
General Revenue Fund from which
they may be paid after the said con-
stitutional provisions have been salts
/ fed.
"The State Auditor and Treasurer
have carefully made estimates as to
the revenue remaining for the year,
and advise me that the State can pay
all the appropriations for the actual
support of each and every institution
and department, and for the salaries
of those who conduct the business of
the said institutions and departments,
except of course the amounts hereto
fore held up, and also pay all accounts
now on file in the Auditors office
awaiting audit and the issuance of
warrants therefor, and which cover
large sums other than for support of
institutions and salaries-all of which
will be paid just as fast as the ac-
counts can be audited and warrants
drawn.
"You are hereby directed not to
create any Indebtedness whatever for
anything save and except for the
amounts appropriated for the actual
support of your institution or depart
ment and for salaries. In this way,
your institution and every depart
ment can and will be maintained at
its present high standard. Indebted
ness for any other purpose will not
be recognized by the State, nor the
accounts audited or paid.
81 have this day instructed the Au-
ditor not to audit any account, nor
issue warrant for any Indebtedness
hereafter which is charge against
the general revenue fund, save and
except, the appropriations for the ac-
tual support of institutions and de-
partments, and for the salaries to
carry on the business of the various
institutions and departments. You
will, therefore, govern yourself ac-
cordingly, and not incur any indebt-
edness other than for the two pur-
poses herein stated. In this way the
institutions and departments will be
cared for in an efficient way, and the
customary error made by the Legis-
lature, in over-appropriating the rev.
enue, corrected. 1t now stands the
same as if the over-appropriations had
vetoed and held up at the time,
save and except, the institutions have
had the benefit of the increases in
the revenue made by the several de-
partments.
"The appropriations, as thus held
up, will not exceed the revenues, and
there will not be single debt Great
ed by the State for the biennial peri
cd which will not be promptly paid.
This is purely business proposition,
met in a business way. This has
been the attitude of the Executive Of
ficers of the administration, and, as
stated many times to the public, the
indebtedness created by the State will
not be allowed to exceed the revenue
and every obligation during the bien-
NAL period discharged.
Every department has been, and
is now being run on an exceptionally
economic basis, beginning with my
own. The Executive Office is being