Arizona republican., 1919-02-06
RECKLESS USE IF MONEY PUTS
 STATE IN HOLE
In Special Message Governor
 Campbell Tells Legisla- ture Of $44,261 Deficit
 In State Ins titutions

Recklessness and extravagan9e IF the management of the state during the past years administration of Gov ernor Hunt is charged in special mes 1 sage to the state legislature trans mitted yesterday to that body by Gov ernor Thomas E. Campbell
 That the commission of state insti- l tutions during that time has spent the l entire fund designated to carry the i various state institutions. has incurred l a deficit 10 this time of s44,261.60 and | will require a total appropriation Of i S45S,2S72S to carry them to the end of the fiscal year. was the gist of the spe cial message.
 The message is in part as follows:
 Governors Message sirs:
 In my message 10 your honorable body January 15, 1919, I called atten- tion 10 the confusion existing in the states finances and also to the condi- ton of the various state institutional funds. That the situation was serious l was then aware, even after q cursory investigation. but how serious l was not fully aware, until at my request, a detailed statement was furnished me several days since by the commission
 
 shows that nearly all state institutions had on the 31tst day of December, 1918 either used their entire maintenance appropriations for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1919 or had not sufficient funds to carry them through the bal ance of the fiscal year. and that var ious payrols were being held up by reason of lack of funds.
 Tn other words all the money avail able for institutional activities of var ious kinds appropriated by the Third state legislature for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919 was expended to date of December 31, 1918, leaving a period of six months without any funds available at this time to maintain these institutions. In addition to this condi- ton of affairs, there now exists a def icit of s44.251.60. As stated in the com mission of state institutions report, emergency appropriations totalling S43S,2S72S are absolutely necessary to tide them through the fiscal year.
 Gives Some History
 A litle history relative to the present financial crisis will prove not only in formative but illuminative Under an opinion of the attorney general, ren- dered January 20. 1918, that official ad- Vsed the commission of state institu- tions that it was empowered under the law creating that body, in event funds appropriated byl the general appropri- ation bill for the maintenance of var ious institutions were depleted, to meet the expenses of any state institution up 10 June 90, 1919, and thus avoid the use of state certificates of indebtedness This opinion ! am incorporating in full for your consideration.
 Governor Campbell then quotes the opinion of Attorney General Jones upon which the commission of state institutions based their expenditures and continues:
 Safeguards Didn't Guard
 'C nder tl ? license granted by this broad and sweeping interpretation ot the law by the attorney general, the commission of state institutions fell privileged and did eXpend without res ervation. and transferred money iron one fund to another in reckless disre gard of the safeguards which the legis lature aimed to throw around the sev. eral institutional funds of the state "On January II. 1919, information came to my attention through the pre- sentation of warrants by the stat auditor. I refused to honor with m, signature ST,032.30 worth drawn upol the deficit fund of the state industria school, and on January 23, 1919, ad dressed to him the following letter feeling that the attorney general opinion having served it's purpose, tn facts should be marshaled for pre- sentation to your body"
 Governor Campbell quotes the core epondence between himself and Stat Auditor Boyce in the matter of in deficits, after which he concludes hi fCll
 Then came the deluge Inquiry de voloped 8 situation taxing ones ere dulity-funds not only exhausted many instances, but payrolls hid II for this rason.
 Run in Reckless Fashion
 On January 31. 1919 warrants az sregating sS8766S.4@ had been regis tered by the state treasurer owing lack of money in the treasury meet them. A further sum of s14S, 0t could not be paid in January and wi he registered this month, and but vel little money available from taxes unt May of this year. The facts need I establishment to convince you or u people, for whom we are the steward that the state has been run in a reel less and extravagant fashion ar without thought of confining expend lures to the appropriations made I the legislature of 1917. Deficits are il rule rather than the exception. The! exist in connection with the state il dustrial school, state hospital for u insane, pioneers home, state priso Northern Arizona Normal school, ar would with the Tempe Normal scho had not $26,S96.79 been taken from Il maintenance fund 10 complete Il power house and other structures that institution.
 While not responsible for bringi, about this condition of financial cha and near bankruptcy, I feel it incur bent upon me as the chief executi officer to lay the facts before you al call attention to the imperative nece sity of passing emergency appropri tions immediately as set forth in t reports of the commission of state i stitutions which are attached here and made part of this message.
 The necessity of an audit. such l recommended in my message to Y on January 15. should be self-evidel and doubtless would develop some ye amazing and interesting things.
 the same time do not deem it out place or improper in this connecti to state again that until such time budget law is enacted, there is sm hope of the state being placed on financial footing insuring the curta ment of expenditures within { bounds fixed by the state legislatu Respectfully yours.
 THOMAS F. CAMPBELL.
 Governor
 
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