The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-26
STATES BUDGET
Is MILLION, IN
INITIAL REPORT
Committee on Appropria-
tions Presents It's Find
ing to Senate.
HOSPITALS HERE
RECEIVE $40, 600
Fifty Thousand Dollars Is
Recommended for Fair
field County Jail.
Especial to The Farmer. }

\OQ0Cltl TO Lie
Hartford, Conn.,, April 26-The
committee on appropriations reported
today to the Senate, it's biennial bud
get. covering all expenses for the two
years ending September 80, 1919.
The grand total estimate Of ex-
penses for the coming two year per-
iod totals s15,697,071.35.
Three items of expense provided ID
for by the budget may be changed by
pending legislation. These are the
appropriations for the board OF
health, the fish and game commission,
the epileptic colony and school for
feeble minded 1t is proposed to
merge these latter two institutions.
The items included in the budget
are:
Governors Office. salary expenses,
etc, $34,100; secretary of state, $685.
688; motor vehicle department, $751;
254; state treasurer, $61,000; comp
trouer, SIS, 600; law department, $20,-
900; judiciary $34O,600; states attor-
ney, $58.000;, prosecuting attorney,
$4,000; sheriffs,, $4,000; clerks and
assistants in superior courts 100000;
clerks in common pleas court, $24,-
900; reporters of judicial decisions,
SIC, 6,400;, superior court expenses,
Hartford county, $91, same ex-
penses for New Haven county, $751;
700; for Waterbury district court,
1000; New London conuty, $S2, 800;
Fairfield county, $4,000; Windham
county, $4,000; Ridgefeld county,
$4,000; Middlesex county, $23,500;
Tollard county, $500.
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civil, $4,000 and criminal. $4,000;
New London civil, $6.7oo ana criminal
$500; Fairfield civil, $23,600 and
criminal, $4,000; Litchf1eld court,
$4,000; Waterbury District court,
$3.50
Miscellaneous appropriations for
rewards and other sundries, $4,000.
The total military appropriations
are s53O,698. This includes the pay
masters department, for salaries,
s229.694; quartermaster's department,
$27O.500;. governors guard. $9,504;
naval militia, $25,000.
The state board Of education ap-
preparation totals s2,Se4,523.35.
The Connecticut Agricultural col
lego receives an appropriation OF
$148,5O0; Storrs Experiment station,
$4,000; Connecticut Experiment sta
ton, $134,0o0: state forester. $4,000;
state board of agriculture, $3S,500;
miscellaneous agricultural subsidies,
$4,000.
Highway department. $2.128.0o0;
Insurance commissioners, $4,000;
bank commission, $4,000; dairy and
food commission, $29,600; commits
sioner of domestic animals, $55,000;
commissioner of fish and game. $780,
700; shell fish commission, $4,000.
Labor, department of labor statis-
tics, $43,6OO; factory inspection de-
partment, s46,400; public utilities
commission $4,000; civil service COM
mission, $1,000; state park commits
sion $4,000; state geological survey,
$4,000; tax commissioner $4,000;
workingmens compensation commits
sioners $S6,5O0; state board of health
$58,OOO; state libraries $119,700; epi-
leptic colony $63,0O0.
Penal institutions, states prison,
$20O,371; reformatory (Chesh1re),
$264,250; State School for Boys (Mer-
iden), $169,6OO; State School for Girls
(Middletown), $124.6O0.
Education Of blind, s53, 100: Soldiers
hospital fund, $357, 900; Connecticut
Hospital for Insane, $493, 200; Norwich
Hospital for Insane, $3O5, ,252; state -tu-
Iberculosis commission, $551 900; state
board of charities, $26, 200; Connecticut
Prison association, $8,815; board of
prisoners In county jails, Garfield
county, $50,O0e), 1856. 600; board of chill
dren in county homes $3.50, 800; county
health officers, Garfield county. $4,-
O00), $21, 500: miscellaneous hospital ap-
propriations, bridgeport hospital,
$4,000; st. Vincent's hospital, $40, 900,
$39O;76O; sundry state commissions,
$202, 800; bridges and ferries, s133, 100.