The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-17
MORE Than HALF
FUND EXPENDED
STATE DEPARTMENTS WILL
CURB EXPENSES DURING LAST
HALF BiENNIUM.

STATE DEPARTMENTS WILL
CURB EXPENSES DURING LAST
HALF BIENNIUM.
OF the $4,920, ,424.56 appropriated
from the general fund by the last leg
lsiature to operate the state for two
years, $26S4, ,691.09 had been expend-
ed up to Jauary l of this year, ac-
cording to report issued from the
state auditors office Tuesday. The
amount expended represents 54.5 per
cent OF the total appropriated
/ Forty-five per cent of the amount
expended during the year went for
education, IA per cent for the main
4 tenance and operation of the state
charitable and penal institutions and
l6.l per cent for the general state
departments. The remainder of 26.9
per cent was expended in the main
tenance of special features of the
state government.
Shows Status OF Departments
The report shows the status of each
and every state department, institu-
ton, board and commission at the
end of the year 1921. The amount
appropriated for each separate func-
ton of the state government the
amount expended, the balance and
the per cent expended and is repro
ced in detail in the Idaho Statesman:
State departments showing more
than so per cent of their appropria-
ton expended at the end of 1921 are:
Governors office .... 50.6
Department of agriculture
! Administration .-............ 5O.4
Plant industry ............ 51.1
State board of education. .... 54.3
G.. A r. Observation-Disclosures. 55.1
Historical society . COL
Department of immigration, Ia
Dor and statistics .... 500
Constabulary ...... 639
Western States Reclamation as
sociation $50
Travelling library ..... 52.1
Treasurer 53.I
Must Stay Within Budgets
This does not mean," said E. G.
Gallet, state auditor, who issued the
report, that these departments will
show a deficiency at the end of the
biennium 1t means in some cases
that the departments heavy expense
has come in the first year and as
result more than half of the appro-
priated funds have been spent. Just
the same, they have to stay within
their appropriation"
The report has been compiled from
many sources and shows, as well as
the amount of money expended, the
total revenues from all sources which
came into the state treasury during
1921
BY an act of the last legislature
heads of departments and institutions
of the state are required to submit to
the auditor every three months the
standing of the appropriation for that
department or institution. Also the
state budget officer gets a copy OF
these reports and if they are not
Forthcoming he is empowered to get
the information from the auditors
books. =
All the information pertaining to
receipts into the state treasury from
all sources was compiled by George
Lewis, state budget officer. w. A.
Gausden, deputy auditor, compiled
from the departmental reports, the
standing of all state appropriations
and their totals.
Total Receipts, Sl4,965,ffS
Total receipts into the treasury for
the year were $14.965 ,44S13 Of which
$S,54O,S1455 was from revenue
sources. The remainder was from
sources other than revenue and in
cludes the sale Of bonds, treasury
notes, investments, etc.
OF the more than eight million from
revenue sources 81 per cent, or So
262, 1863 was received from taxation
and 21 per cent, or 81 ,S31 ,S1392, from
the United States for education, the
soldiers home and other federal CO.
operative functions of the govern
ment The remainder of AZ per cent
came from charges for services,
rents. fees, fines. interest and sales.
The estimated general fund revenue
for the two years 1921 and 1872 IS
Sf.1OO .45O. OF this amount the report
shows that S572,6S9.56 was received
in 1921, or more than 80 per cent OF
the total
sums totaling S6,424 633.5S were
received into the state treasury from
sources other than revenue rms, tne
report shows. came largely from the
sale of bonds, treasury notes ana IN
vestments. The bonds sold during
the year amounted to S2,3OS ,5oo,
treasury notes sold totaled $2,loo,ooo
and the investments sold amounts 10
81 ,550,3 80.
The bonds sold are classified as
follows. ooooo
Highway bonds ......... Sz,ooV'oVo-oo
J,aya Hot Snrings 100000
Insane asvlums 23S, 10000
The treasury notes issued were
against both the general fund and the
highway fund. The general fund mas
81 $780, 900 worth of notes against II
and the highway fund $420,00O.
The greater part of the investments
sold were from the department OF
public investments which realized a
total of $1,3SS,925.53 from the safes
of these securities. Other recelpts
came from trust funds and refunds'
which amounted to more than S14U,