Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-11
Governor Cuts Out SIS, OOO,O 600
From APPROXIMATIONS In 1921
Budget; Message Read Today

would be PAYABLE from school funds
amounts to $2,432,402.33; estimated
receipts of the Fish and Game Com
mission, which should be appropri-
ated for expenditures of the com
mission, S174,1O4.71; total available
for the recommended appropr1a-
tions, $15.943.904.1z.
The Governor refused to recon-
mend, any state appropriation merely
because federal aid could be OBJ
tanned. In referring to federal aid,
the governor said: "All the federal
money which goes for state aid has
to be taxed against someone. and the
citizens of New Jersey pay high for
every dollar they get back"
The total appropriations recon-
mended and the several funds from
which they are payable are as fol-
lows: Executive and administrative
departments, ~s9S3,191.00; legisla-
ture. 0 9,6S3.32; courts and judi
cial expenses. ~s617.565.00; regula-
tive departments. $1,537 .421.00; ed
ucational expenditures from general
state funds, $~519.4S3.3S3; agricil-
.tural, department agencies, $780,
070: military. $3~S2.776.2S;. pensions.
$4,000; constructive, roads and
bridges, s511,0O0; general and sun
dry appropriations, s310.245; special
funds. emergency. $250,000; insur-
ance, $4,000; institutions and agen-
cies, se.7O5, 276.04: total payable
from general state funds, $~12.427,-
311.02. From motor vehicle fees,
1921, $40; from school funds, $2,432,-
402.33: for expenditures of the Fish
and Game Commission. s174,104.11.
Grand total. S15,S25, 1896. This
does not include certain ~expendi.
lures from road and school funds,
which by law are now made without
definite annual appropriation.
The governor said he saw no reas-
on why. the appropriation bill should
not carry the total of all state cx-.
penditures, declaring that 1t would
be more informative to the citizens
of the state if the authorized ex-
penditure of all such funds was duly
stated as the total of authorized APP
preparations. He said there should
be no excuse to divert the moneys
from the purposes for which they
are intended.
He recommended that appropriate
legislation be enacted to provide that
if there be any unexpended balances
of appropriations derived from
school funds, such balances should
lapse to the school funds of the en-
suing year rather than to the gen.
eral treasury.
There are of course many items
the governor said. "for which |
should like to recommend more than
/ have felt able to. but this is a time
for the state as well as the individ-
ual to practice rigid economy. It
would be unjust and unfair at this
time to take money from productive
channels to spend it on unnecessary
expenses of government. Most of
the boards and department heads
have manifested their sincere desire
to cooperate along this line. and
with the decrease in prices which is
at hand. l believe they will be able
to carry on their work efficiently and
adequately within the budget recom-
mendations which l have made. Per-
haps it will not be easy for them, but
they are not supposed to hold state
positions in order that they NAV
have easy jobe. Some of them may
have to give more time to the af-
fairs of their offices and less to talk
and publicity"