Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-04

-choeis and Institutions Of higher
learning
Colorado has ru0 ways Of getting
revenue; one b. way oE direct taxation
and the OtEsF @haL Is generally term
81 indirect LaEa.lgu- For instance.
the total direct tax levied by the
state b. 3.s7 mills. which brings in
apprUZrnE nEatsly five and One-half mil
Ion dollars . year. All but about
500 900 Of this money. however, il al
ready appropriated by constitutional
provision, or by statute For instance,
one nail, or IL million dollars, is
spent for state roads. Another mil
lion and q half dollars is spent for in
Etituti0ns Of higher learning, $50 600
Is spent for the School FOR the Mute
and the Blind, the state hospital gets
$40 900 a year. the new capitol build
ing gets 500 900, the state military
fund, $4,000. etc
Besides the direct taxation the
stats derives income from many in
direct source For example:
Fees from the Secretary Of
State'- Office S275 900
lnFuFance Department - 100 600
Inheritance Tax ----- 100000
Interest on Deposits ------ 10000
Bank Commissioner --------- 10000
together with other similar items
which amount 70 an aggregate of
about 81 600 600 each bieunium. Thus
L Will b. seen that Colorado will
spend s0ucth!ng over Sl5.O0O,0O in
In the next bieuniur1. OF this amount,
only 4 triflc over 81 700 900 is avail
able for appropriation by the Leyisla-
turc. Out Of this must come the con-
tJuuing appropriations (among those
come N" appropriation for the ento-
m0lOglst and horticulture 4, which I
succeeded in getting through last
SESSION. and which amounts 70 a
total Of S3T6.27O- The cost Of the
psychopathic hospital, which was voted
by the people last fall, is $3.50 900. The
expense Of the state peuitentiary. re-
form schools FOR boys and girls. home
for dependent children. etc, in fact.
the needs Of the state this coming
biennium, rs recommended by the
Budget Commission, are expected to
reach FIVE and half million dollars,
which the Legislature Is expected TO
take care Of on estimated revenues
which they may appropriate Of only
81 900, 300. Even this estimate Of the
Budget Commission is q million dol
lars less than the amounts requested
by the various institutions Of the state
II Will be seen therefore that any
request for additional appropriations,
whether by institutions or TO create
new departments, will be considered
very critically by the members Of the
Finance Committee. In fact, | con-
slider that the man who gets an ap-
preparation bill through this session
will be considered in the class of the
camel who crawled through the
needles eye Needless 20 say, do
not think there Is the slightest danger
Of any normal schools or junior col
legcs being created in this session of
the Legislature. There are bills in to
iuCrcas" the revenue Of the state by
increasing the Inheritance Tax, turn
ing auto licenses into the general
fund, income tax, etc, but these will
be decided later.
shall not undertake 10 write n
letter next week as | plan on attend
ing the Farmefs' Congress at Mont
rose, February 3ni, ith and 5th.
urge all who can possibly do so, to at
tend. II will probably be the greatest
assemblage of speakers and prominent
men ever gathered together on the
Western Clope. Governor Shoup, Ex-
Governor Ammons, Senator Elect Sam
Nicholson and prominent men from
without the state Will be there to
speak.
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