The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-30
STANSBURY
MAKES A
RULING
Atty. General Does Away
With One of Needs for
Special Legislation.

LINES sgREAg AT STATE CAPITALS
INDlANAPOLIS, Ind. Jt.y 39-one
Of the principal conditions rsi,ch az
pcared 10 make necessary tho proposed
special session Of the Legislature has
been done away with ~ i ruling of Ele
Stansbury. attorney general it was
learned today The ruling l. t. the ~
feet that under the 4'ts OF 1879 the state
board Of finance ms TIA poWe- 10 mako
appropriations For she fiscal yea- begin
ming October J. 1919. available befoI.
that date
Although the ratification If the nation
al woman suffrage amendment was given
as the reason for calling special scs-
sion, the necessity u the legislature pro-
viding funds for the state institutions
has since overshadowcd ali other con
siderations in regard 10 a special session
The ruling Of the attorney general,
which was given at the request Of 3 H.
Crbahns, deputy treasurer of state
makes unnecessary such appropriations
The ruling of the attorney general
has the effect of law until upset by tho
courts or until legislature repeating il
becomes effective. The ruling is taken
TO mean that a portion Of the 1919 ar
preparations can be transferred at once
10 the funds Of the institutions The
funds for the year ending September
30 1919. have in most cases been ex-
hausted. Employees of state Institutions
have been discharged in many cases and
expenses cut in every way possible
The desperate financial condition q
the state institutions was given by Gov
Goodrich as one of the reasons for call
ing special session. lie has repeatedly
stated that some way out Of the difficulty
must be found before the last of Sep
TENDER. when the new funds would under
ordinary conditions become available
OF course, it is not to be understood
that the ruling of the attorney general
means that there will be no special ses-
sion. It simply removes one OF the
great necessities for such a session It
it considered significant, however. that
Gov Goodrich has not yet made formal
call for the session.
The section Of the act under which the
ruling of the attorney general was made
IS contained In the last paragraph on
page 1876 of the acts of 1919.
Attorney General Stansbury's opinion
fellows:
In response to your request concern
ing The effect of the last paragraph On
page 1876 of the acts of 1919 of the gen
eldI HSSeHDiy OF the STATE OF 4ndldTas
permit me to say:
The paragraph was added sometime
pending the course of the passage of the
bill 1t was no part of the bin when il
was introduced and 1 am inclined to
think It was added 10 the bill in cor
ference committee. The para graph reads
as follows
" The state board Of finance is hereby
given authority to make available any
part of the annual appropriation fer
maintenance for any institution fer the
succeeding fiscal year IN orderNto carry
uut the provisions Of this act
I believe tho parat raph gives to IN
state board of finance the power TO maze
appropriations m@d, by the regular up
preparation BIZ for the fiscal year cor
mencing October l. 1919 This being true
the appropriations made for the fiscal
year commencing October l. 1919, MAJ
be made available for use before tina;
time. and in that way supply any dehr.t
or overdraft in the items of the regular
appropriation bill Of 1917 for the fiscal
year ending September so. 1919. If that
is not the effect of the paragraph. then
can see no force or effect in it