The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-04-08
LOWER HOUSE CUTS
APPROPRIATION BILL
More Than Half-Million Pruned
From States Budget.

1850
ternoon session.
The salary of six field inspectors in
the division of rural sanitation was
cut from $4,000 to $4,000; travel
ing expenses were cut to $1,000 from
$1,000 year and the contingent
fund reduced to $4,000 from $4,000.
The. House struck from the bill the
division of sanitary engineering, di-
vision of oral hygiene, division of
public health, nursing and child
welfare, and laboratory fund for
board of health, eliminating over
$4,000 by one amendmeE~
The appropriation for venereal
disease control was retained.
In the department of public in
struction the salary of the chief
clerk was cut to $4,000 year from
$4,000; the salary of the stenograph-
err to the chief clerk was raised to
$1,000; the salary of the stenograph-
er for the rural supervisors was also
increased to $1,000; the item of ST.
500 year for office expenses was re-
duced to $1,000; the item of $4,000
a year for printing was cut to $4,000
a year; travelling expenses for the
State superintendent were reduced
to $1,000 year from $500; the ex-
penses of the text book commission
of $3.50 was eliminated.
The salary of the high school in
spector was cut to $500 from $4,000;
the salary of his stenographer was
raised to $500; the item for print
ing and postage was cut from $1,000
a year to $3.50; travelling expenses
for the high school inspector were
cut to $3.50 from $500 year.
In the insurance commissioner
department, the salary of the stem
ographer was raised to $500 from
$1,000; the salary of two clerks was
raised to $500 each from $1,000
and one. clerk at $1,000 was elimi-
mated.
In the supervising department of
the workmen's compensation act all
items were retained.
In the department Of fire proven
ton the salary of the commissioner
was reduced to $4,000 from $4,000 a
year, reconsidered and put back to
$4,000; the salary of the stenograph-
er and assistant was raised to $1,000.
An amendment was adopted provid-
ing that no more than one member
of a family shall be employed in the
department.
There was no change in the ap-
preparations for the department of
mines, except to increase the salary
of stenographer to $500.
In the division of work shop in
spection the salary of the stenog-
rapher was raised to $1,000.
In the department of library, his
tory and archivists, the salary of two
assistants was equalized at $1,000 a
year each.
The appropriation of 100000 for
three fairs, one in each of the three
grand divisions, was eliminated.
The Confederate pension appropri-
alton is to be "such sum as will meet
the needs"
In the State printing commission
the salary of the stenographer was
raised to $500.
The appropriation for the State
board of equalization was amended
SO as to eliminate salary of one clerk
at $1,000 year; the salary of stem
ographer was raised to $1,000.
In the appropriation for the super
intendent of the capitol the salary of
the telephone operator was increased
to $1,000 from $1,000; one truck
driver at 1920 a year was added.
In the appropriation for land COM
missioner, the office of stenographer
was eliminated
The appropriation for the State
board of administration the salary
of the secretary was cut to $1,000
from $4,000. The per capita main
tenance for the East Tennessee hos
pital was placed at 5000 instead of
$3.50; three assistant physicians
were eliminated, which cuts $4,000
out; the item of $4,000 for painting
and plastering was cut out; the item
for furniture and equipment was cut
to $4,000 from $4,000.
At the Central Hospital the per
capita maintenance was, reduced to
5000; three assistant physicians,
were eliminated, making another re-
duction of $4,000; the item of ST.
500 for remodeling laundry and
machines was eliminated;
the item for rebuilding and equip
ping power and heating plant was
cut from $4,000 to $25,000.A
At the Western Hospital the per
capita allowance was cut to 5000;
the three assistant physicians were