The New York herald., 1921-04-10
MILLER APPROVES
APPROPRIATIONS
Signs $98,000,000 Budget
Measure Without a SIN
Gle Change.
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL In
Extra Items Aggregating
$5.585,325 Submitted
to Legislature.
STATE OFFICE BUILDING
S35O,OO0 Provided for Foun-
dation of Structure to Be
Built in Albany.
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL In
STATE OFFICE BUILDING
Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, April Q.

Special Despatch to THE NEw York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, April 3.
Gov. Miller signed to-day the annual
appropriation bill of approximately
$ss,00o,o0O in exactly the same form
as 1t was sent 10 him by the Legisla-
ture. That act shows the close CO.
operation between the Governor and
the Legislature. Not since Theodore
Roosevelt was the Chief Executive of
the State has an appropriation bill
haen approved without changes. All
other Governors since had cut out
items considered necessary by the
Legislature. Under the law the Gov
ernor may eliminate any item in It's
entirety, but he is not permitted to
reduce an item.
The supplemental appropriation bill.
containing items aggregating S5,5S5.S25.
was introduced in both houses to-day.
practically completing the work OF the
Legislature in providing for the States
expenses for the next fiscal year. II
will bring the budget, which includes all
special as well as the regular appropria-
ton bills. up to nearly s136. 100000. re
duction OF over $4,000, 900 from last
year. The legislative leaders estimated
several weeks ago that the budget would
be about $134,500,000.
The budget requests submitted to the
Legislature by department heads at the
49, - @ha tota xo0E
100000. The Governor Immediately
served notice on the legislative leaders
that the budget must be cut down to
$40. 900.
'.They've gone me one better" was the
satisfied comment of the Governor sew
eral weeks ago, when assured by the
finance chairmen of the two houses that
they could keep the budget to approx
mately s135. 200. 900.
The supplemental appropriation bill
contained the items which had. to be
provided for since the main appropria-
Z tion bill for the support of the Govern-
ment was passea. The principal ones
aref sz,DoU,o 900 for the reorganized tax
commission, 100000 for the reorganized
public service commission. $500 900 for
judgments against the State, SS9i.000 to
complete tne SIateS > Opllgdtion Tor tne
6chenectady-Scoti bridge. which origI-
nally was s1,5OO,OOo sac. 600 as indem-
mites to farmers whose sheep or fowl
were killed by dogs. S350,o00 for the
foundation OF the States s3,000.0oo Of
flee to be erected west OF the Capitol.
The regular appropriation bill pro-
vides $780, 900 for the building. The
site for the structure was purchased and
cleared several years ago. but the con-
struction work was held up by tie in
creased cost Of labor and material dur
ing the war The State now intends 10
go ahead with it this summer.
The $i.500.000 needed for the reor-
ganized State Labor Department Is pro-
vided for In a special bill now in the
Senate third reading calendar.
Senator Luslz introduced to-day the
bin fixing the salaries of the new State
tax commissioners.
The chairman Is to get St2,500 and
two other commissioners SO. 900 each.