Milford chronicle., 1921-05-13
LEGISLATURE TAKES UP
BUDGET AGAIN MONDAY
BOTH CHAMBERS FAIL TO AGREE UPON
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION AFTER A
DAY OF FEVERISH EFFORTS.
HOUSE WAS In BIG UPROAR
BILL WHICH WOULD GIVE S2,25O,OOO
TO SCHOOLS OF The STATE EACH
YEAR is VOTED DOWN.

Failing to pass a school appropria-
tiOn bill after day of feverish efforts,
both houses of the Legislature late
Tuesday afternoon adopted a Senate
concurrent resolution introduced by
Senator Price providing for recess
until noon on next Monday, May 16..
Adoption Of the resolution followed
a tumultuOus scene in the House,
which was an aftermath to the de-
feat of an appropriation bill pre-
sented by Representative Otwell,
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee, which provided $1,750,O0O for
each of the ensuing two years.
The Otwell bill, which went down
to defeat by vote of IA ''yeas" to
18 nays was introduced as a sub
stitute for a measure presented ear
lier oin the day by Representative
Clark, chairman of the educational
committee. In addition to the amount
appropriated in the bill, an estimated
sum of $500,00O collected by the coun-
ties through real estate taxes would
accrue to the schools, making the to-
tai amount available for each year, !
$2,250,000.
Need Expert Assistance
Representative COrbit, member of
the appropriations committee, de-
Tended the action of the committee in
reporting the Otwell bill. The commit
tee has earnestly striVen to bring in
a budget bill that would be within the
of the State and at the same
time framed so as to be fair and equi-
table. I'VE found that we were unable
to construct such a measure" Mr..
COrbit said.
1T is beyond question that exepert
assistance is needed in framing such {
a measure. 1 do not feel that the {
of the committee feel COM
petent enough to act in this matter. j
The Board of Education has done !
everything in its power to place this
matter before us properly. They
nave been faced with obstacles mas /
much as they were preparing this
budget for period after they left Of
ice. The next board will be in bet :
er position to act when they prepare l
heir budget" Mr.. Corbit concluded.
Representative Otwell stated that g
he committee had exhausted every A
'tfort in an attempt to arrive at sat Il
sfactory conclusion of what should
20 into the bill. "We finally came to f,
he conclusion that it was best to pre- S
ent the matter to you, feeling that "
'ou would be able to dispose of it,
fr. Otwen said. .
Representative Davis appealed for ~
confidence" in the incoming Board D
f Education, stating that he felt the
tate should be willing to entrust the =,
expenditure of school funds to officials RS
elected by it. He urged the adoption ID ID
the measure as evidence that the
legislature was capable of doing the NJ
hing it came back to Dover to do" s
House In UprOar > >
The question on the measure was -,
len called for resulting in it's defeat oe
S soon as the vote was announced in
representative Clendaniel introduced
concurrent resolution to recess un-
l Monday. The measure, which was !
lentical with Senator Prices reso-
ltion, adopted short time later, was
'st by vote of IL yeas and IA nays. Ii
The defeat of the Clendaniel resO- OF
ltion threw the House in an uproar. &C
here were calls for adjournment ev
ON both sides of the House and sew OF
al members left the chamber de- hi
airing they were "gOing home no Tn
after what was DONE" Representa- Sc
We Otwell offered a motion for the It's
ouse to adjourn sine die. Only the ma
lick wit and skillful parliamentary mi
cites of Speaker Paskey prevented OF
e legislative engine from leaving pc
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