The log cabin Democrat., 1917-03-29
NORMAL SUFFERS
GREATEST IN CUT
20 PER CENT IS WITHHELD
From Its Appropriation, While Uni
versity's Allowance is Reduced
Only About Six Per Cent.

The State Normal School was de-
cidedly the greatest sufferer of all
the state institutions and depart
ments in Governor Brough's final ac-
ton upon the appropriation bills,
which was announced yesterday af-
ternoon. Not only was the gross
amount of reduction, $4,000, larger
than was taken from the appropria-
tions for any other institution, but
the percentage of reduction in the
case of the Normal was the largest.
The University of Arkansas and its
medical department were granted a
total of $430,326 by the legislature,
| in addition to large sums which it
receives from the federal govern
ment and other sources. From this
appropriation the governor has
withheld $4,000, or about six per
cent. The $4,000 taken from the
State Normal represents almost 20
per cent of its appropriation. AS no
appropriation was made for new
buildings for the university, that in
/ stitution will receive about four
times as much state money for the
education of each student enrolled as
will the State Normal; in other
words, it will cost the state 81 to
maintain student in the University
of Arkansas against 81 in the State
Normal
appropriations aggregating $3,-
485,757, made by the 1917 legislature,
but cut or held up under agreement
with executive heads to S3,196,217,
were signed yesterday by the gov
ernor, and a statement was issued in
which the estimated revenues of the
state during the next biennial period
was given as $3,220,000.
This estimate does not include the
authorized S75O,0OO note issue,
$355,o00 deficiency appropriations or
$4,000 expended for the legislative
session, which appropriations were
approved previously. The governor
said that careful estimate of the
general revenue fund indicates that
there will be shortage of about
$4,000 after the $750,000 note issue
has been consumed, but that by
withholding the amounts indicated in
the agreements with department and
inst tuition heads, he believes the
state will be on a cash basis and that
it could be kept there during the
period ending July /, 1919.
! The items vetoed were: $4,000 for
the Branch Normal at Pine Bluff,
$4,000 for the state hospital ware
house and S440 for tinsmith at the
hospital, total of $34,440.
The items withheld from expendi-
ture by agreement, but remaining in
! the appropriation bills, are: State
Normal, maintenance, $4,000; State
Normal, building, $4,000; Univers-
ity of Arkansas, 1000; Jonesboro
aggie school, $15.6OO; Russellvile ag-
gle school, S12,SO0; Magnolia aggie
school, $15,300; Monticello aggie
school, $4,000; state hospital, $780,
600; Confederate home, $4,000; deaf
mute institute, $4,000; school for the
blind, $500; national guard, $685.
900; tick eradication, $4,000; tuber-
culosis sanatorium, $1,000; vocational
training and aid for rural schools,
$4,000; Smith-Lever appropriation,
$4,000; a total of $225,100.
The governor estimates in re-
ceipts from taxes, $2,0O0,OO0; insur-
ance, s7S0,000; inheritance tax,
/ 100000; franchise tax, $500,000; re-
ceipts from the secretary of states
Office, 100000, and from miscellan-
eous receipts, $4,000.
Following are the appropriations
for the next biennial periods before
the vetoes and agreements to with
hold were made:
| Note issue, $4,000; tick eradica-
ton, $4,000; plant inspection, S5,-
900; agricultural extension, s102,-
$50; Vicksburg reunion, $4,000; con-
stitution, $4,000; museum at Rich
mond, $1,000; railroad rate cases,
S10,000 reprint court reports, $40,-
600; University of Arkansas, $377,-
61S; Normal, S191,315; Branch Nor
NAL, $4,000 First district agricul-
tural school, $4,000; Second dis
trict agricultural school, $S1, 500;
Third district agricultural school,
$84,000; Fourth district agricultural
school, $4,000; University of Arkan-
sas medical department, $52,708;
Arkansas school for the blind, $91,-
500; deaf-mute institute, $138,900;
hospital for nervous diseases, $780,