Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-16
Extracts From Message Read To Arizona Legislature Yesterday
 By Gouernor Thomas E. Campbeu

Members of The Arizona Legislature: {:
 The primary purposes or this spe- cial session are to provide funds TOT the UnlveI Slty ot ArIzona anu Io re. rlse appropriations to conform to pres ent ecUnomIc conultIons. Kindred are the majority of suDJects lncluued m the Cal sulnmunlnS you here. iIney bear an inLImate relation and are In- LertWlneu to a large extent with re- adjustment o1 lne Ilscal affairs of the state, vital anu imperative at tnIs tIme, and the demand emanatlng rom the taxpayers that nalL small Ue called m our program of pubic lni- provements unul such ume as they are in better position to carry suCn burdens. Tor several months past, the budget department, under my d. rect supervision, has conducted an eX- naustlve study uf all appropriations and with the cooperation of the v..- rlous departments, offices, institu- uonS, boards and commissions, has found that certain appropriations can be reduced to an appreciable extent. Detailed figures Of these contemplated Savlngs are incorporated m the sec end state budget 1922, now before you. II further economies can be effected without interfering with the proper and efficient functloning of these Va rlous necessary activities Of govern ment, the efforts of your honorable body in that direction will enlist my sympathetic understanding and assIs- ,ance.
 
 Foremost among the matters to be considered at this time, is the present financial condition of the State UnI- versIty. Taxes are paid SIX months alter the beginning ot the fiscal year. Expenditures of the sta5e gre aswa, six months in advance of the receipt of taxes. Most of the state depart ments have found relief through tax anticipation bonds and the registering of warrants; however, there is no such panacea for the university -ae mill tax for the university (chapter S1, session laws of 1921) is a non- specific appropriation, and, due to the tact that there will be no more taxes collected this fiscal year until next June, the university is without funds to continue its activities. On the io,i. ot January the university had a casn balance of approximately $2O,0OO to its credit. The expenditures of this insti- tutlon out of funds. derived from tax ation average S65,000 a month. It is therefore apparent that something must be done to obtain funds for the university or it will be obliged to close its doors, contingency which cannot be considered under any clr- cumStanceS.
 Remedial measures must therefore be invoked at once to the end that we fulfill the obligation we have as- sumed in regard to the education ot the 1900 or more students entrusted to our care. In connection with this subject it is germane to add that the board of regents of the university, which body is in full sympathy with my retrenchment program, has recom- mended the amendment of chapter S1, session laws of 1921, so that the uni versity fund levy for 1922-23 shall be one mill instead of a mill and three tenths, which will reduce the appro- priation from that of IJ:a-.a ... ,re sum of $232,500 Necessary legisla- tion to make effective this saving will be placed before you.
 Considered from a broad viewpoint Arlzona's finances are sound and sound to the core. Her bonded debt is but $897,972.42. These figures do not incluue city and county indebted ness. The Colorado river basin alone, when completed, will revolu- tlonize Arizona, transforming her des- erts into fertile plains and generating enough electrical energy to make this anu other states associated in the un- dertaklng the rivals of the manufac. turing centers of the east, besides adding untold wealth to our assess ment rolls.
 Savings which can be made for the oiennium which covers the appropria- ions made by your honorable body, if given force and effect by legislative action, amount to S1,097,2 ,236. By ifs ;al years, departments, offices and in- 'titutions, they are as follows:
 Attorney General-Saving l92l-22, 'S,321.00; reduction over 1922 appro- Jriation, S6,000.00.
 ASriculture-Saving l92l-22, S253,- '41.OO; reduction over 1922 appropria- ion, Sl5,475.00.
 Administrative Saving 1921-22, ,49,425.00; reduction over 1922 apprC-