The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-03
BUDGET BOARD
CUTS. I ] !. REQUESTS ( !!
!. OF DEPT. HEADS
Legislative Committee Slashes
Appropriations for Salaries
and Maintenance of State
Institutions ]
BAN ON BUILDING
Only Minor Improvements Pro-
vided for in Recommendation
of Legislators

The budget board, which is
nearing completion Of it's report
for the legislature, will slash ap-
preparations requested.
The board may cut a million
or more from the total of about
$8,0O0,O00 requested by depart.
mems, institutions, etc., to run
the state. It is hardly possible,
however, that the budget board
will recommend a lower total
than was requested two years
ago. .~.
Salaries are cut in many depart.
ments and the appropriations asked
for educational institutions are de-
creased. The complete appropriations
TO be recommended by the board have
not been, ,agrae0upon entirely.
President Kane Of the University of
North Dakota asked for $l,75O,0i'
which was cut to 81 1,3S0,27o. The las'
two-year period in appropriations ann
income the University received $S2t
eS7.GS. but deficit of $76.610 remain:
to be taken care Of.
The officials OF the Agricultural co.
lege at Fargo asked for $672,42o and
the budget board granted them S4oS.-
42Oy The ma jor portion of the Amount
cut was the: appropriation for tne
completion of Agricultural bd.'d'Ls,
$150,00O. 49, 49,.
All buildings asked for by tire Uni.
versity, save an extension TO the
power plant and additions to the L.
brary building were disallowcd. 4.
The state hotel inspection hnait-
ment Of the Agricultural college asked
for $1,000 and was granted $6,oo".
approximately $1,000 over the last y
ernium., ~...<< <f n. .s:ss " :.
The State Humane society asked
for $4,000 and was granted AZ $l,OOO.
For Governors Office
The amount request for the Cover
..nrs office for the biennial period was
S..2.zz.,O The budget board reduce
ta.- to S21,S50, the cut, Of $4O0 bein;
n,lNe from the amount asked for clerk
.i;o and the secretary's salary. Th'
a,.,:,,.rt tor the secretary was fixed a
: sos ptr year and for the executive
~ u $l.H,o per year. The bienn'a
.;l,',. ,vri.ttion OF 1919-1921 amounted
, :..j. N tor the Governors office
ln,lu"ou in this amount was con
:;p!'iu :uod OF $l6,250 and $4,000 70
.prc!a assistant attorney-genera
ave ''An unlount Of the contingencl
fl.,ul !, The biennial period of 1921
i:9a.i =, fixed at 81 $50.
rt3r ',eutenant-Governor had mod
=. l. Tests to make, being his annua
:,alaiy OF $1,000. a.
The supreme court appropriation is
commended as $S2,100 for the bi
rllual period from July l, 1921 to July
l. 1923. The court, in asking TO
amounts, did not specify the salaries
Of all clerks, and the budget boart:
fixed the salaries of stenographers a
Sl25 per month. For the previous bi
ennal period the supreme court ap-
preparation was $75,150. A total O
S127 600 would be appropriated for sal
aries OF district judges and expenses
while holding court outst1, the county
in which the judges reside.
The salary of $4,000 per annum re-
ouested for the supreme court report
er and law librarian was cut from W.
900 annually to $4,000 annually. The
total appropriation asked for this dc
partment. a part of which included
new books and the repair OF Old la"
books. was cut from $16,15O to $l2,45o
TIE previous biennial appropriation
was S12.95O.
The appropriations listed for ths
secretary of state were cut materially
bv the budget board. The salary OF
the deputy was cut from $S,OOo to $2S
500 the chief clerk from $4,000 to ST.
500 and 'other cuts were made. The
total amounted listed Mr.. Hall not
making any. requests of the budget
hoard himself, was $4,000 for the BIZ
ennial period and this amount was cut
ia 3,l2O. The biennial Appropriation
made by the 10th assembly in regular
session was $49.50O and when the ap-
propriations for Kositzky, Hall and
LANCER were cut down it was made
State Auditor Cut
The amount requested for the state
audjtor's office was cut from $6O,2oV
to s36:7oO for two years. A contingent
fund of $4,000 requested was cut out
entirely. The salary Of the deputy was
cut from $4,000 asked to $2,S00, and
some other salaries Of bOokeepers ana
clerks we're cut proportionatel9 The
nrevious biennial. appropriation was
81 900 but after Kositzky broke with
thc league the appropriation was ma
,erjally cut. the amount for the plen-
NAL period being fixed at $26,20o by
the 1919 special session.
The total amount asked for the state
treasurer's office was cut from $57'O4o
~ s3s3sO. The amounts asked for sal
ary we're generally reduced about s2oo
year. s,-
ed s24 700 and the budget board recon-
Iutnl1s this amount. The amount ASK
ID for tire fire marshal's office was>cat
tr,n; .c21 .151 to $4,000.
rfn biennial appropriation ASKED 1of
.Hts, Minnie ]. Nelson's office OF sup
.;,tondert of public instruction was
cut from sG6.35O to $4S,S1o. Her re-
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