The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-30
POSTPONES DATE
FOR SESSION OF
STATE ASSEMBLY
Governor Delays Call-Next
Years Funds to be Used to
Meet Deficits.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July 30.-Gov-
ernor Goodrich announced last even
Ing that he will call a special session
OF the Legislature in August or Sep
TENDER, after receiving an opinion
from Ele Stansbury, attorney general,
which holds in effect that regular up
preparations for the next fiscal year
can be utilized for meeting deficits Of
the current year in the maintenance
costs Of state institutions.
The opinion IL based on a paragraph
OF the 1919 regular appropriation act.
which, gives the state board Of finance
the right to make the appropriations
OF succeeding year available in event
OF such emergency as the institutions
now face.
Governors Statement
Governor Goodrich in a statement Is
sued after receiving the opinion said;
THE opinion Of the attorney general
seems to make 1t unnecessary to call
special session Of the Legislature be-
fore the close Of the fiscal year. 1t was
found from the answers of members OF
the General Assembly in reply to let
ters in which the reasons for the pro-
posed special session were explained
that it would be very inconvenient for
IAS iACLiOCAo w AISSb Ah <Aoooos VA
September. In the light Of the opinion
see no immediate necessity for call
ing the special session"
The now important paragraph in the
regular appropriation act was first
called to the attention Of the attorney
general by B. H. Urbahns, deputy
state treasurer In answer to Mr.. Ur-
bahns" inquiry the attorney general
yesterday submitted an opinion to the
treasurer's office.
Later in the day conference of the
state board Of finance was held and
matter of the powers hidden in the
Paragraph on Page 1876 Of the 1919
acts was discussed. AS a result OF this
conference the Governor addressed a
letter to the attorney general asking
for an opinion. Mr.. Stansbury i'm
mediately privided the Governor with
a COPY of the opinion that he had
already submitted to Mr. Urbahns.
Opinion OF Stansbury
The text of t. e opinion given to the
Governor follows:
In reply to your request for an opin-
ion as to the effect Of the last para
graph on Page 1876 Of the Acts Of 1919.
the same being part OF regular
appropriation bill, permit me to say
that I have just completed an opinion
upon the same question for the Hon.
Uz McMurtrie, treasurer OF state, and
for reply to oyour inquiry quote said
letter, which Is as follows:
"In response to your request con-
corning the effect Of the last para
graph on Page 1876 Of the Acts OF 1918
of the General Assembly Of the state
of Indiana, permit me to say:
"The paragraph was added some
time pending the course of the passage
Of the bill. 1t was no part OF the Dill
when it was introduced and am
inclined to think it was added to the
bill in conference committee. Inc
paragraph reads as follows:
1.-The state board of finance Is here
bv given authority to make available
any part Of the annual appropriation
for maintenance for any Institution
for the succeeding fiscal year in order
to carry out the provisions of this
act
Il believe the paragraph gives TO the
state board of finance the power tc
make appropriations made by the reg
ular appropriations bill for the fisca
wear commencing Oct. I, 1919, avail
able at a date prior to Oct. l, 1919
That being true, the appropriations
made for the fiscal year commencing
Oct. 1919. may be made avail
able for use before that time, anc
in tina way supply any deficit or over
draft in the items Of the regular ap
propriations bill OF 1917 for the fisca
year ending Sept. 80, 1919. II thai
ia not the effect of the paragraph, Their
7 can see no force or effect in It.