Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-27
MORROW HURTS
TWO NORMAL SCHOOLS
With His Veto of Additional
Funds Allowed By Legisla-
ture-Uses AK Freely

Although ne permitted apprO-
priations of $4,000 each for two
new normal SCHOOLS to get by
Gov. Morrow Saturday Knocked
any chance OF improvements at
. Eastern and Western Normal
! Schools in the head when he We
toed their additional appropria-
tions OF $27 600 each as made by
the last legislature.
| The governor also vetoed the
allowance OF $3.50 for expenses in
Cured by Il. c. Oldham, demo-
crat. in his contest of the seat OF
William Wallace to the Senate. as
made by the Senate. The gov
ernor. however allowed Wallace's
expense account to stand. Wal
lace was the successful republican.
candidate. and was seated by al
democratic senate.
The governor played havoc
with a number OF other appropri-I
ations OF the legislature with his
veto AK. Some departments. how
ever. benefited, as they will op-
crate under former appropriations
scales higher than the new bill
provided.
The University of Kentucky re-
ccNcd the hardest cut at the
hands of the executive. a total of ,
$4,000. of which $4,000 had
been added to the budget biilssby
the legislature, being Topped off. !
The eastern and western state !
normal schools each lost $54,000l
added by the legislature.
The State Board OF Charities I
and Corrections, the Department
OF Public Highways and the Adj
iutant Generals office were rc- /
stored tol their l920-22 appropria-
ton by the executive veto. the
veto merely applying to the year
l92S-24 for the latter department.
The specific items vetoed in the
budget bills were the University /
ot Kentucky building fund OIL
$4,000 a year; fund of S45,GO0
q year for payment of an old debt
At tho university; $4,000 a year
1t each OF the normal schools for
new buildings; the ST .250000 APP
preparation foi the State Board OF
Charities and Corrections: and the
appropriation OF $225,0O0 for the
year l922-25 and 100000 for the
l925-2+ for the highway depart
mcnt.
The appropriation for the adju-
taut generals office Tor l923-2iI
was vetoed because OF an error
made by the enrolling clerk which
cut the funds of that department
Sl7.50O.
Other appropriations vetoed
were Senate bill %, appropriating
$4,000 for completion OF the JEFF
erSon Davis monument at Fair
view; House bill l95, appropriat.
ing $1,000 yearly for the Perry /
Vile battlefield; House bill S02 |
appropriating $4,000 for erection
OF a poultry house at the State
fair; Senate bill $50, appropriate
ing Sl5.OO0 a year for a survey oi
the rock asphalt and other miner
al resources OF the state; Senate
resolution 25, appropriating 5000
a year as a pension for William |
ID. Ovcrton, of Frankfort.
The governors action on the
state highway departments ap-
restores that depart
mcnt to the $25OOOO a year ap-
preparation for paying the eXpens
es OF the department. This sum
was recommended by the budget
committee but was cut by the as
sembly. The governor said that
the amount allowed by the assem-
bly, was not sufficient.
NetOeS ot Il bills including Il !
road projects, in addition to the
appropriation bills vetoed, were
at the office of Gov.
Morrow Saturday. Besides the ,
road projects and appropriation {
bills, the veto of House bill ABS.
increasing the pay of county
court clerks for making out tax ,
bills from five to- seven cents
In vetoing the road projects,
governor said that the assembly ,
had turned itself into a square
court" and added road projects
totalling more than zoo miles to
the primary system but without
providing any additional funds
for road building.