Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-15
GOVERNOR SUBMITS
BUDGET TO SOLONS
Increase of Million Dollars Is
Urged for Public Schools
Of Virginia.
LARGER ADVANCE FOR ROADS
Commemorative Added Expenses
Small Outside of Two
Major Items.
LARGER ADVANCE FOR ROADS

Major Items.
III the first fiscal budget ever COM
| piled in Virginia for tho guidance OF
| the General Assembly in the framing
OF appropriation measures, Governor
I IWestmorcland Davis, chief budget of
hcer OF the State, recommends that
appropriations amounting TO s22.143,-
S46.I0 be made by the Legislature for
the next two years.
Acting for Governor Davis. the chief
budget officer of the State. Colonel Lc-
roy hedges yesterday presented the
Saug SSunget to the presiding officers of the
shortly after the two branches OF. the
General Assembly convened for the
1920 session at noon. Accompanying
puts into technical form the appro-
priation recommendations of tho bud
get.
Is Increase OF ~ Per Cent.
| Governor Davis recommends that Sill
4lo,i be Appropriated for the year
sGeEinning March l, 1920. and ending
pteee55uary re e5a I 2S. 1871 This is an increase
to iS.o27,S5s.59. For the s. second T !ieae Year,
1922 the increase is 1856 per cent over
ne appropriations for the year 1913
Appropriations recommended for
SCHOOLS for which an annual increase
OF 100000 year is asked. and for
easTe noaus make up these increases in large
payable out of the general fund OF the
sdatG 81 e. treasury. % which are reeommend-
and the state Highway Department.
the increase recommended for the rst
year ,bs amounts esnnad to only ls3 per cent and
of the budget
Requests Already Curtniled,
State departments,f institutions and
other. aEencieS asked Cor, $a5,ss4,os5.a3
: tEos tna 1 WS years, and this was cut to
budget advisory board. consisting of
s Two o, me members Of the House and three
af oSes or the Senate Requests from
agencies for the first year asounted
% $i$,Ioi:4s2.s1 for the irst year and
ABOLITION OF the '' state ste"f Prohibition ysdh
Department, tho establishment Of a
eentrad n purchasing agency, an increase
the widows, of Confederate veterans,
nbolition OF special and segregated
Ssa auane foF Of Stats Stats
departments. and State control Of cor
.ectional institutions are some OF the
in his budget analysis. These recon-
nendattons are accompanied by rea-
sons sons which M show that money may be
saved by these means and greater ef-
lciency secured.
Refers TO Prohibition Department.
In referring to the abolition of the
prohibition Department. Governor Davis
II am mindful of my pre-elec,ion
pledge to enforce the prohibition law.
sSm6, soweEer; coan;h, and SHOULD the General As
Department. ] shall not veto a reason
anis LIE happropriation therefor.
sioner. Of Prohibition are @ eSeesaive. .ii,s
and. IL the department should be CON
s,nined nin the appropriations for the en-
sung bienniuIn should not exceed $40
600 for the first year and $4,000 for
the second year" go
Of Referring ,bg eom to the f,nancial condition
analysis sets forth as follows:
The Auditor of Public Accounts es-
timh,es III tha st the balance in the general fund
oi tne state Treasury on March l. 1920
at si6946la.S exclusive of 100000
pnyanle pay bic, between 1et September S. 1918,
ana abc Gsnten, GSeptembss 5. 1929 appropriated BY
sion of 1919 for county roads. AS
fnrancss MirHnss have been given by the state
of this 100000 appropriate ton will he
used before March 1. 1920 and. in order
TO havo all appropriations run for n
in the recommendations for the State
Highway Department for the year end
ing February %. 1921. TO he reappro-
State Treasury
1t Is necessary. therefore, to add
Auditor OF Public Accounts to get the
balance actually in the general fund
Of the state Treasury on March /. 1920,
Of S2.oS4,5iS.a9. which has been used
as the basis in computing the receipts
and expenditures for the next two
years.
Aggregate of Revenucs.
To this estimated balance Of s2,-
| o9f o.39 in the general fund OF the
state Treasury on March l. 1920, is
added the revenues estimated by the
! FOR general approximations for the year
ending February 2S. 1921. amounting
TO S?.62i, 900. rs we'll as the estimated
l. 1910, amountinE a % to $1sssas3s Sa %s MfTeh Wheh
| 1t is proposed to convert into the gen
eral fund OF the state Treasury.
| with the addition OF $4,000 ron
resentinE estimated receipts for 1920.
| 1921. now segregated by law in sne-
Giai , funds which i is proposed to place
| 1920. as the needs of the departments
s ,2s Which they arc collected are pro-
ons fnF a%d In fhs apcppropria
mated revenues OF the Prohibition De-
partncnt, which is recommended to be
aeolsned 1ne amomnt avaiiablo for
3i215.
"Dcdnciing from this amount the ap-
propriations recommended to he made
out Of tho general fund for the first !
proposed appropriation OF 5000 70
cover the expenses of tho General AS
sembiy from January II to February
20. 1890, the balance in tho general |
fund OF the state Treasury on March |
| 1. 1921. will amount to S43I,aa2.3a.
| VIII Leave Smnll balance.
! I'm tho same way. taking this esti-
mated balance in tho general fund OF |
tho state Treasury on March I, 1921, |
as the basis for the second year nni |
adding the estimated revenues avail |
CONTINUED on Second PagoD