The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-04-10
CHAPTER Ioz,

An Act Providing for the Preparation
OF the State Budget; Creating a Com
f1ittee on Budget; Prescribing it's
] overs and Duties; Making an Appro-
priation to Defray the Expenses Of
his Committee and Repeating Sec
IONS Nlnety-two, Ninety-three, Nine
y-four and Ninety i've of Chapter
two of the Revised Statutes.
sec. J; The governor. state auditor,
state treasurer, the chairman of the
on appropria tions and tinan-
I'll affairs on the part of the senate
and the chairman of the committee on
appropriations and financial affairs on
the part OF the house Of the Maine leg
stature are hereby constituted a cam.
M tee to be known as the Connittea
on budget. In case of ina bilty to ferve
on inc part OF any of said persons the
vacancy shall be filled bv the sovernor
by appointment from the mefnbershjn
OF the legislature. The governor SHAH
ne the chairman of the committee and
the auditor its secretary. The boar4
ehdll meet ana organize it tho executive
Chdllloef at the state Capitol on tnA
in I'd Tuesday in July, nineteen hun
drad and twenty. The secretary SHAH
Keep the minutes of the committee snd
silaIl record them III a suita BILE book TO
ne Kept tor that purpose in the offfre 0P
the state auditor. The minutes of tia
committee shall be L public record an
shall at all times be open 10 publ g in
Spection- The members of the commit
80 Siic-'i LS tfHLt lil5 necessary HYEPnSaE
incurred IN the performance of their dJ-
tles under this act. and in addition
thereto The chairman of the committee
on anpropriali tons and financial affairs
Oh, part of the senate the cha rman
OF the committee on apprC priatiors and
financial affairs on the part Of this
mousse, and any member of the commit.
zee VINO shall serve by appointme of
me governor shall receive five dollars
a DAY for the time actually spent in the
peri DTTDdnrh of 6ai- duff
Whlle the legislature is not in session.
me secretary of the committee is here
~ uthorized to eXpend such sums as
ne nay require Tor clerical assistance
III carrying out the provisions of this
act, not TO exceed five hundred dollars
In each biennial period
see :. During the month of Octot ar in
each even year there shall be flied with
the secretary of the committee on bud
81 ~ each lndiVidual, by the heads Of
missions and boards of trustees. who
are 1ntrusted with the expenditure of
gup1ic money, upon forms prepared and
t 5;a a1a by the committee. written
amounts appropriated and expended for
the current biennial fiscal period end.
hg on the thirtieth day of June pre-
csadlhg, and a written estimate OF the
Necessary expenditures of the depart
Isent, institution, commission or board
tor each OF the two following years end
ing on June thirtieth together with the
estimated income, if any, arranged in
proper manner in detail by classification
ana py proper summaries as may be-
required by the committee. A written
statement showing the reason for all es-
tilnated expenditures, other than fixed
charges, shall be filed with statement of
appropriations and expenditures.
Sec. 3. During the month Of October
in each even year there shall be filed
with the secretary of the committee, BY
every corporation, not including munic-
ipai corporations. every association,
board and institution, whether public or
private, receiving or requesting an APP
preparation from the state, upon forms
prepared and furnished by the commit
tee, statement in detail of all money,
with the reason therefor, for which any
general or special appropriation is de-
sired at the ensuing session of the leg
istature by such corporation, associa-
or desired appropriations as well as
any reports required shall be and re-
main public records.
Sec. 4. The committee shall meet on
the third Tuesday in November of each
even year at the state capitol, and shall
thereupon proceed to prepare estimates,
for the budget, Of the amounts required
to be appropriated by the legislature
for the conduct of the business of the
state in all its Offices, Institutions, de-
partments and undertakings for the BIZ
ennial fiscal period next ensuing, pro-
vided that the estimates for the first
fiscal period shall be for the interim from