The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-12
SMITH CUTS SUPPLY
MEASURE $2,1S5,S4S
Departmental Appropriation
Bill Is Left With Total
of $57,210,948.
STATE HOSPITAL VETOED
Wars End Enables Reduction
Of S837,879 to Be Made in
Personal Service.
epecial pesrafcA to TEE sur.

: ALBANY, April 11.---Gov Smith an
nounced tonight that he had cut items
amounting to s2.1s6.a43 from the de-
par.mentai supply bill. which the Lesis-
flaturs passed up to him. This leaves
total appropriations in the measure
amounting to SB7.310,s4s.
The Governor eliminated large items
aggregating more than s1.Soo.ooo, in
GLIDING 100000 for the construction Of
a new State hospital for the insane at
creedmore. $4,000 for grade crossing
elimination work, about 5000 for the
division headquarters Of the state guard.
which will be provided in another bin
which he will sign. $4,000 for canal
repairs and labor. $4,000 for the pur-
chase OF additional land for the State
Teachers College at Albany. $4,000
for the reconstruction OF the Cortland
State Normal school. destroyed by nre !:
$4,000 asked by the State Fair Com
mission for improvements and land.
which will await tho report OF the COM
missioner ne appointed to investigate
culosis hospital at Dannemora.
Twenty-flvs thousand dollars re-
quested by the trustees Of public build
ings. Albany. was cut out because
''thers is no apparent necessity for the
appropriation" as was $4,000 for re-
pairs to the State Arsenal, New York
city. on the ground that the '..reappro-
priation OF such items tends to extrava-
gance"
Practically all new positions which
department heads requested were vetoed
by Gov. Smith. the Secretary of States
office being deprived OF IS, 900 for tempo
rary employees and numerous proposed
new positions, including addressograph
operators.
Other items cut out OF the appropria-
ton bill by the Governor include:
State Activities. Exclusive Of Institu-
tions - Personal service, s260.607;
printing items. $4,000: departmental re-
ports, $4,000: equipment and supplies.
$154,200 travelling expenses, $4,000 ::
communication. $3.50; general plant
service. $3.50. Total. $443,397.
N,67s.s3; printing. s20,s6424; depart
mental reports. 1880: equipment and
supplies, s2o,6oo: travelling expenses,
$4,000: communication. $4,000: fixed
charges and contributions. s2.132.ss;
general plant service, Ss4.7o0; main
tenance undistributed, $50, 00333. Total,
,sl76,47826.
Repairs construction and permanent
MISUNDERSTANDING. 100000: con-
structon, $4,000: acquisition of real
estate, $4,000: total. s631.200.
From part Of the bill. providing
for repairs. construction and permanent
betterments, the Governor eliminated
items of repairs of. S56.4o0 and items of
construction of 1871 400, or a total Of
3e27,80o ..r
The state, largely as a result of the
cessation OF the war, has been able to
reduce the item OF personal service
fS37.s7s. This also was made possible
by a reduction IN the excise department.
due to prohibition. The personal SER
vice items in the bill amount to S22.-
177,169, net increase over last years
appropriation of S561.004 "notwithstand-
ing the fact that there have been de-
creases in appropriations for certain
personal service" Gov, Smith comments.