The log cabin Democrat., 1920-04-02
COSTS { MILLIONS
 10 R.N ThE STATE HOW MONEY IS SPENT
Clio Harper Complies List of Legisla- tive Appropriation Which is
 Published First Time.
(By Clio Harper)


 seven million dollar a year state? Yet it is fact
 For the first time it has ever been printed, we are able to present below an official statement of appropriations. The appropriations for the biennial period ending March 21, 1921, payable out of the general revenue fund az gregates $3,299, 9,528.08, while the ap- .propriations out of the special funds for the same period amount to $5,917,- 031.72, making a grand total of $9216,- 559. 80. Add to this the school and other funds not included. and the az gregate is approximately $14,000,000, or seven million dollars year.
 Just to show where the money de- rived from taxation goes the appro- priations payable out of the general revenue fund are given below:
 Arkansas National Guard, $100,000; Attorney General Department, $2S,- 500; Auditors Department, $33156.- 25; Auditorial Department, $30S00; State Board of Control, $23,80O; Gov ernor's Office, $27,8O0; Board of Health, $12,600; History Commission, S10 200; Inheritance Tax Office. $10,- 900; Insurance Commissioners Office, $34 400; Labor Department. $15,900; State Mine Inspector, S7O00: State Plant Board. S2O000; Railroad Con- mission, $46,lO0; Corporation Com mission, S70000; Secretary of States Office. $27,75408; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 29,400; Supreme Court, S99,640; Arkansas Tax Com mission, $29,5922 25; Treasurer of State $32 ,404.25; Commissioner of Mines Manufacturers and Agriculture. $10,- GOO; Boys Industrial Sshool $150,000; Girls Indus trial School, $20000; Jndges, Prosecuting Attorneys. etc, $2f2,600; Rewards for Fue lives. 5000 Printing and Publishing acts for 1919. $11,000; Assessors fees, $95000: Tick eradiction. $100090; Serum plant fer hog cholera, $15,000; Vocational edu- cation, $25,000; Women's Reforma- tory, &10,000; Agricultural Extension $l58,444.45; Experiment Farm. S50,- 000; Hospital Farm, $75.000; Digest of Statutes, s40,0OO; Reprinting Su- preme Court Reports. $3O.O00; Immi- grafton Bureau, $12,500; Tuberculosis Sanitorium, $173,230; State Hospital for Nervous Diseases. $837140; Con- federate Home, $188, ,340; School for the Blind $102, 800; Deaf Mute Insti- ute, $190,633.32 State Capitol build ing, $66,756; Veneral Control, $34,- 237.48.
 In addition to these appropriations for the state institutions enumerated, the legislature also gave each of them a cash fund from the sale of stock, farm products, etc. It is not possible at this time to give even an approx innate estimate of the amount, as the biennial reports for he various insti- tutions will not be filed until the end of the period.
 The legislature appropriated $5,- 917,031.72 payable out of special funds, as follows:
 Bank Commission Fund, $72, 2,60O; Blue Sky Department Fund, $99O0; Feed Inspection Fund, $66,960: Fer tilizer Inspection Fund. $58,4O0; Game and Fish Fund, $50,O00; Hotel inspec- tion Fund, $18,410; Highway Fund, $1.101, ,355; Warehouse and Marketing Fund, $40,5O0; Veterinary Fund, $610;
 Teachers License Fund, S4,000; Northwest Tick Fund, $60,OO0; Nurse Examiners Fund, $500; Penitentiary Fund, $592, 300; First District Agri- curtural School, s12O000; Second Dis trict Agricultural School, $120000; Third District Agr cultural School, 10000; Fourth District Agricultural School, $12O000; State Normal School Fund, $118,175; Medical Department, U. of A.. SITS GOO; Branch Normal, S5OO00; University of Arkansas $485,- GOO; Bo. Ter Inspection Fund $27 800; oil Inspection Fund, S55,400; Voca- tional Education Fund. &l0o00O; Con- rcderate Pension Fund S2,225 GOO; Vital Statistics Fund, $22 425; Sink ng Fund, $7l260; Interest Sinking Fund $125S16G8; University Endow- ment Fund, S1,440
 It should be understood that in a majority of these funds the revenue for their maintenance are derived from the collection of license fees o' various kinds. Educational institu tions are supported by the millagc