The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-06-24
BUDGET FOR STATE
FOR NEXT 2 YEARS
Expenses Of State Govern
ment for 1929 Will
Be $17,5l5,696.47.

Baton Rouge, La-Expenses of the
state government and its institutions
for 1922-1923 will be $17,515, 696.47, and
the same amount of 1923-1924, or a to-
tai of $35, O31, 1892 "a for the next bien-
NAL period, according to the provisions
of the general appropriation bill. intro
duced in the house of representatives
Friday by A. NJ. S. Smith Of Vermil-
lion, chairman Of the appropriations
committee.
One of the important items in the
bill of special interest to New Orleans
is the provision for the maintenance
and support of the Charity Hospital
The committee allowed the institution
$4,000 for 1922-1923 and the same
sum for 1924, or total of $1.140,0 900
for two years.
After presenting the bill in the house
Chairman Smith gave out the follow
ing statement:
"The bill submitted by the appro-
priations committee through its chair
man represents the results of careful
study upon the part of this committee
since the first week of this session OF
the legislature.
1.-The committee followed largely the
recommendations of the state tax COM
mission, as this commission had gone
carefully into the needs of the various
state institutions and was more or less
familiar with their requirements. The
budget provided by this commission
has been of great help to our commit
tee
"Our committee has tried to take
care of all Of the states institutions
as we'll as it could with the indicated
revenue and has recommended appro-
priations almost equivalent to this rev.
enue. The states assessment is de-
clinging, due to deflations in land val
ues and merchandise, and this decline
causes a like decrease in the revenues
of tn. state, while at the same time
the demands of the states institutions
are increasing. No appropriations have
been recommended for new buildings,
as all of the institutions received large
appropriations in 1920 and 1921 out of
the severance tax for building pur.
poses and are carrying out large build
ing programs.
mo increases in salaries with two
single exceptions have been recon-
mended and these are small and the
committee thought just.
UNLESS there is a very large de-
crease in assessments for the year OF
1922 the indicated revenues for the
general fund of the state will approx
mate $3,750,000. of which amount the
committee has recommended appro-
priations in the general bill aggregat-
ing 1852, 1882, which leaves small
margin, unless the licenses business
tax is increased"
Last Tuesday was the last day for
the introduction of bills without the
consent of a majority of the members
Of the house in which a measure is Of
fered
The result was that flood of meas
ures poured into the legislative mill
Monday and Tuesday, particularly in
the house, where over 100 bills were in
troduced within those two days
When the week closed 399 bills had
been introduced in the house and 121
in the senate, or total of $40 meas
ures in both houses since the beginning
Of the session. Among the most i'm
portant bills introduced in the house
we're:
Lafleur's bill to prohibit gambling in
futures in agricultural products. Aim
ed at the New Orleans Cotton Elk
change.
Hamley's bill to authorize levee
boards to borrow money from the fed
eral government, for the purpose of
completing the levee system.
Barrett's bill to provide for the map
and block system in making realty as
sessments.
Munson's bill to reapportion the
members Of the Atchafalaya levee
board
duce the size of the legislature.
Prophit's bill for per cent sever
ance tax on natural products In lieu
of certain other taxes. similar to the
Oklahoma law.
Schells bills to abolish pensions for
retired judges and to reapportion ju-
dicial districts.
Chappuis bill to require the recusa-
ton of judges in certain political cases.
Dreyfus' bill to provide for business
and occupation license taxes.
Smiths general appropriation bill |
for the expenses of the state govern
ment.
Several bills affecting New Orleans |
we're introduced. among them being: |
Reilly's bill to provide for board
of journeymen plumbers examiners in |
cities Of over 100000 population.
McGiehan's bill to authorize the pros
ecution of misdemeanors by affidavit |
in the criminal district court Of New |
Orleans and to create the office of pub |
lie defender in New Orleans.
Perez's bills to give the New Or
leans dock board additional authority |
in leasing land along the industrial
canal, to define what portion of the |
cost of paving of streets shall be borne
by railroads on streets occupied by
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